A Maine sheriff’s office tried to contact the gunman who later carried out America’s deadliest mass shooting this year, but the office ultimately left him alone.
The man sought to purchase a gun silencer in August but was denied after self-reporting mental health issues on a federal form, the gun store owner said.
The sheriff said that the threats prompted an alert to all law enforcement agencies in the state, weeks before the gunman, an Army reservist, fatally shot 18 people this week.