LEWISTON, Maine (AP) Both the Army Reserve and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunmans psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history , according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people.

The independent commission, which held more than a dozen public meetings, heard from scores of witnesses and reviewed thousands of pages of evidence, cited shortcomings by police for failing to take the gunmans weapons and by the Army Reserve for failing to provide proper care for the 40-year-old gunman, Robert Card.

The commission, created by Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, announced its conclusions at Lewiston City Hall, less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the two sites where the shootings took place Oct. 25, 2023.

The 215-page report reiterated the panels conclusion from an interim finding in March that law enforcement had authority under the states yellow flag law to seize the shooters guns and put him in protective custody weeks before the shootings. But it also said the Army Reserve should have done more, as well, to ensure care and deal with the weapons.