Army Reservists feared Maine shooter Robert Card would commit mass murder and even warned cops: 'Change the code to the gate and be armed...he's going to snap and do a mass shooting'

Newly-released matter messages uncover nan grade to which Maine cops were warned astir wide shooter Robert Card by his chap servicemembers successful nan Army Reserves, who reported their fears six weeks earlier nan onslaught that killed 18 people. 

In September, Army Reservists were truthful concerned that Card, 40, was astir to termination that they told each different to 'change nan passcode' to nan entranceway gross of their guidelines successful Saco, and warned each different to beryllium equipped successful his presence. 

'Change nan passcode to nan portion gross and beryllium equipped if Sergeant First Class Card does arrive. Please. I judge he's messed up successful nan head. 

'And frighten nan portion other and different places. I emotion [him] to decease but I do not cognize really to thief him and he refuses to get help. I'm acrophobic he's going to f**k up his life from proceeding things he thinks he's heard,' 1 matter by a Sergeant Hodgson reads. 

He added: 'Dropped him disconnected he was concerned his weapons were still successful nan car...He still has each his weapons.' 

In another, he said: 'I deliberation he's going to threat and do a mass shooting.' 

The sergeant reported his fears to a supervisor who past notified sheriff's deputies pinch nan Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office. 

But nan only point that was done to extremity Card was a File 6 alert, sent retired to constabulary departments crossed nan state, that went mostly ignored. 

Deputies went to his location to effort to speak pinch him doubly but were unsuccessful and connected October 18, precisely a week earlier nan massacre, nan File 6 alert was canceled. 

It had described him arsenic 'armed and dangerous', telling constabulary to workout be aware if they came crossed him. 

Maine State Police person washed their hands of nan tragedy, saying they were not responsible for nan alert aliases responding to it. 

Now, nan families of immoderate of those killed are demanding answers arsenic to why nan constabulary did not do much to extremity Card erstwhile they had nan chance. 

'He should ne'er person been retired to tally free, he had threatened and threatened. They can't lavation it distant saying we did each we could do,' Leroy Walker, whose boy was among those murdered, told CBS. 

The 40-year-old killed himself aft slaughtering 18 astatine nan bowling alley and barroom successful Lewiston.