The little sister of the first victim of Maine’s mass shooter revealed this isn’t the first time gun violence has rocked their family.
Justin Karcher, 23, was the first victim of Robert Card, 40, in the tragic mass shooting that devastated the community in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday.
As Karcher fights for his life on a ventilator after undergoing surgery for his gunshot wounds, his little sister Haley Breton, 21, revealed that Karcher’s father was shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot in 2019.
“In 2019, his father was shot in a Walmart parking lot. He didn’t know the man at all. That was a tough, tough day,” Breton told Chris Cuomo in a NewsNation interview.
Karcher — who was shot in the liver, spinal cord, shoulder and stomach — was rushed to the ICU after the mass shooting broke out Wednesday at Schemengees, a bar in Lewiston, Maine.
Justin Karcher, 23, was Robert Card’s first victim on Wednesday in the mass shooting that devastated the community in Lewiston, Maine
Karcher is fighting for his life on a ventilator after undergoing surgery for his gunshot wounds
Karcher had just signed the contract on his first house with his girlfriend and they planned to go camping to celebrate – but instead Karcher went to the bar with his friend, where tragedy struck
Karcher’s little sister Haley Breton, 21, revealed that Karcher’s father was shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot in 2019 in an interview with Chris Cuomo
According to his sister, the victim underwent surgery on his stomach to “check everything” and “make sure they didn’t miss anything” before closing it up and checking his kidney to “see if there was still a bullet in there,” said Breton. .
Karcher had just signed the contract on his first house with his girlfriend and they planned to go camping to celebrate – but instead Karcher went to the bar with his friend, where tragedy struck. NewsNation reported.
Breton told Cuomo that Karcher was playing pool at the bar when the gunman walked in — and when EMTs took him to the hospital, they said he was the first to be shot.
Karcher’s friend who he was playing pool with was tragically shot dead by the mass shooter, but the father they were playing against survived.
Breton said the news of her brother’s condition was “very difficult” for the family. She said: ‘Everyone has commented on it.
‘For example, this is not the first time. This is the second time the family has been involved in a shooting situation.
“It’s tragic and it’s hard to put it all together and understand why.”
She told Cuomo that the hardest part of the situation to deal with emotionally was “not knowing what the outcome is going to be.”
Breton said the hardest part of the situation to deal with emotionally was “not knowing what the outcome is going to be” as her brother continues to fight for his life on a ventilator.
The man who shot Karcher’s father in the Walmart parking lot in 2019 was reportedly a stranger to the father (Photo: Justin and his father)
Breton said, “In 2019, his father was shot in a Walmart parking lot. He didn’t know the man at all. That was a tough, tough day.”
Breton also revealed that she and her brother did not know the shooter – identified as Robert Card. She said: ‘I didn’t know anything about the man. I never heard his name. I’ve never heard anything. I haven’t even seen him a day in my life. And I don’t think anyone, anyone I know personally has.”
The 21-year-old created a GoFundMe to raise money for her brother’s medical bills. She said Karcher is “fighting his way to get it thrown and we are blessed that he is still here with her, unfortunately because he is in intensive care the bills have been taken off the wall with surgeries, x-rays, cat scans and much more. coming with.
“Justin bought his first house the day this happened. Anyone who has bought a house knows how expensive it is.
“I’m asking for some help so he doesn’t have to stress more than he already does if and when he gets home.”
The GoFundMe has raised $28,152 so far.
Breton’s interview with Cuomo took place just before the body of the Maine mass shooter was discovered in the back of an industrial tractor trailer in an area that investigators admitted they had previously “cleared” twice (photo: Robert Card, mass shooter)
Breton’s interview with Cuomo took place just before the Maine mass shooter’s body was discovered in the back of an industrial tractor trailer in an area that investigators admitted they had previously “cleared” twice.
Card’s body was found by a Maine Recycling Corporation plant where he was recently fired, just a short walk from where the killer’s vehicle was first found, about four hours after the shooting broke out.
The discovery was made Friday evening around 7 p.m., two days after his killing spree at a Lewiston bowling alley and bar.