Patrick Milliner, the shooter, on the left
Boston dot com
The assailant in an apparent murder-suicide purchased a handgun hours before ambushing his ex-boyfriend in a shooting that followed a breakup, state police said Monday.
Autopsy results confirmed that Matthew Rairdon, 22, of Westbrook, died from gunshot wounds to the head and chest and that Patrick Milliner, 30, of South Portland, died from a single gunshot wound to the head, investigators said. Milliner bought the gun Friday at Cabela's; the shootings took place early Saturday, just after midnight, in Rairdon’s apartment, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Milliner, who left a rambling post on Facebook, along with a note, was dressed in black and appeared to have ambushed Rairdon as he walked in the door following a late shift at Mercy Hospital, where he was an emergency room nurse, police said. Just like crimes committed by concealed carry permit holders, no one is checking whether crimes are committed by people who bought guns with no waiting period. That is, unless some reporter stumbles on the information like in this case. The gun nuts don't want us to know these things. They might lead to sensible legislation that would inconvenience them a bit. Saving lives is not their concern.
