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Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.

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00:00 They're continuing to respond and continuing to investigate who knew what, when, and we
00:06 want to get at the best answer to how can we prevent something like this from happening.
00:11 And that includes why did it happen in the first place?
00:14 And what measures may have been in place that weren't used or were used.
00:20 And that's what we'll get to the bottom of.
00:22 We know that there has been an alarming concern from the law enforcement community that activity
00:27 and information here was ignored.
00:30 And the simple answer is why was that done and are you concerned about that?
00:33 I think those kinds of facts are yet to be determined.
00:36 You're making assumptions.
00:37 I'm not willing to make those assumptions.
00:41 I believe the people of Maine deserve a serious and robust conversation about gun violence
00:48 and public safety at the state and federal levels in the coming weeks.
00:56 To that end, I want to bring together legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle, along
01:02 with public safety officials, public health people, members of the judicial system, advocates
01:11 on all sides, psychiatrists, community members, and others for a thoughtful and comprehensive
01:20 discussion.
01:21 I'm not going to stand here today and tell you that I'm proposing XYZ, but I'm here to
01:25 listen and to work with others, get people around the table as promptly as possible.
01:31 In memory of those we've lost, I'm ordering that all United States and state of Maine
01:36 flags remain lowered through sunset Friday, November 17th.
01:44 That's an additional 18 days to honor each person who was taken from us by this unspeakable
01:52 tragedy.
01:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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