LEWISTON, Maine —

Nearly two years after a gunman's shooting spree killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine survivors and family members of the victims are formally suing the United States.

A group of 100 people impacted by the Oct. 2023 mass shooting filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court Wednesday morning against the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the Keller Army Community Hospital, where the gunman, Robert Card, was admitted for a mental health evaluation 6 weeks before carrying out the attack. Latest Forecast

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The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Army ignored its own policies and regulations pertaining to the risks of military members with mental illness having access to firearms.

According to the complaint, the Army

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