Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting have marked the anniversary Friday with a memorial service that drew hundreds of people to the city’s hockey arena.

One year ago, a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston.

Officials say Maine’s shortage of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on bail days before he went to his former girlfriend’s home where a man was killed, two houses burned to the ground and a standoff with police ensued.

A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves says a reservist who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history had a low threat profile when he left a psychiatric hospital prior to the killings.

Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will consider the political future of three-term Rep. Jared Golden in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections.

A Maine sheriff is rejecting an allegation that some of his officers arrived at a mass shooting scene reeking of alcohol.

A police after-action report says there was “utter chaos” during the search for the gunman behind Maine's deadliest mass shooting last October.

State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings.

The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.

Months after a deadly mass shooting in Maine, backers and detractors held an hourslong debate over a so-called red flag bill.

A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff.

Emotional survivors of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, called on politicians to protect the community from future tragedies.

The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed.

Maine’s governor has rolled out legislation she says will prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to help prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston mass shooting that shook the state.

Law enforcement officers say Maine's yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis is cumbersome and time consuming.

Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the bar in Lewiston where the gunman killed a total of 18 people were certain their doors were closed for good.

The four members of Maine’s congressional delegation are calling for an Army investigation into the events leading up to a mass shooting in the state.

A survivor and family members of those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history are pressing for the Army inspector general to obtain answers about the gunman's mental health and hospitalization.

Volunteers and city workers have removed mementos, signs and other items that accumulated at the sites of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history.

Shootings in which 18 people were killed are on the minds of voters heading to the polls in Lewiston, Maine, where the gunman opened fire less than two weeks ago.

Two senators from Maine are asking the U.S. Army inspector general to provide a full accounting of interactions with a reservist before he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and bar.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden came to Lewiston Maine, to show their support for the community following a mass shooting where 18 people were killed.

The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Maine later this week to mourn with the community of Lewiston.

Lewiston, Maine, has taken another step in its recovery from the state’s deadliest mass shooting as a storied high school football rivalry resumed an emotional game.

Authorities face mounting questions about how a gunman with a history of mental illness, an array of weapons and who police knew had a potential for violence was still able to own guns and commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history.

Maine State Police documents shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations.

Documents released by a Maine sheriff's office give the most detailed timeline yet of the warning signs and failed efforts to stop the gunman who killed 18 people and wounded 13 others at a bowling alley and bar last week.

Children have returned to school and are trick-or-treating in Lewiston, Maine, in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in state history.

Maine’s authorities are trying to piece together the events that led to the worst mass shooting in the state’s history.

More than 1,000 people gathered for an evening vigil to remember those killed and wounded in Maine’s worst mass shooting.

Sunshine and a sense of relief swept through central Maine after a gunman who had been on the loose for days was found dead.

The residents of Lewiston, Maine, are embarking on a path to healing after a man suspected of killing 18 people earlier this week was found dead.

A billiard ball being hit, a dropped bowling ball and a popping balloon.

A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass shootings stayed one step ahead of police who rushed to the bowling alley and a bar but were too late to stop him from killing 18 people and slipping away into the night in his Subaru.

A former Army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead, four senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News.

The Boston Celtics made several acknowledgments for this week's victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, during their home opener.

Maine’s close-knit community of deaf and hard of hearing people is grieving in the wake of the Lewiston shootings that killed beloved members, many of whom were ardent advocates.

Authorities say the man wanted in the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 has been found dead.

The man wanted in the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 has been found dead, bringing an end to a search that put the entire state of Maine on edge for the last two days.

The superintendent of Lewiston Public Schools says they will be closed for another day during an ongoing search for a mass shooting suspect.

Authorities have named a 40-year-old man called Robert Card a person of interest in Wednesday’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

An intensive search for a U.S. Army reservist who is accused in a mass shooting at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Maine ended when he was found dead on Friday.

At least 18 people are confirmed to be dead and dozens of others injured after two deadly mass shootings at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday night. The suspected gunman remains at large.

A 14-year-old Idaho girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after prosecutors said she and a friend both tried to kill her friend’s stepfather.

A midterm rematch in Maine could help decide which party will control Congress.

From nearly the moment a 19-year-old intern’s report that she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker became public, she faced harassment from right-wing groups and even other lawmakers.

An Idaho lawmaker facing rape allegations from a 19-year-old intern refused to answer some questions during a legislative ethics hearing Wednesday after his attorney told him to invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination.

Maine's use of ranked voting comes as Alaska and Massachusetts voters consider statewide votes to adopt the voting method. Ranked voting arrives on Maine’s presidential ballots in a year when three of the state’s four electoral votes could be up for grabs. ___HOW WE GOT HEREVoters in the state approved the adoption of ranked voting in a 2016 referendum drive. Opponents, including the Maine Republican Party, have said ranked choice voting is too confusing and violates the principle of one person, one vote. They sued unsuccessfully to try to stop the state from using ranked choice voting for president this year.