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Police knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe

Name: Police knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe
Uploaded: 2023-12-23T08:21:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 54 s
Description: Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people feared that doing so would "throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas."

Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people feared that doing so would "throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas."