Breakdown in Maine (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

An investigation into the breakdowns with police, military and mental health care in the lead-up to what became the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https://www.pbs.org/donate​ There were 656 mass shootings in the United States in 2023. The one in October in Lewiston, Maine — where an Army reservist killed 18 people and wounded 13 — was the year’s deadliest. In “Breakdown in Maine,” FRONTLINE and its Local Journalism Initiative partners the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public examine a series of missteps by the military, local law enforcement and mental health providers before the tragedy. The documentary probes Maine’s unique gun laws and details the shooter’s brain injuries, possibly sustained during his time as an Army grenade instructor. It also examines the devastating impact of the shooting, including on Maine’s Deaf community, which lost four people that day. “Whose fault is it? Who do we blame?” asks Megan Vozzella, whose husband, Steve, was killed in the shooting. “It makes me angry. He could have been stopped.” Breakdown in Maine is a FRONTLINE production with Storyboard Studios LLC. The director is Bronwyn Berry. The producer is James Blue. The writers are Bronwyn Berry and James Blue. The journalists from the Portland Press Herald are Julia Arenstam and John Terhune; and from Maine Public, Steve Mistler and Susan Sharon. The CEO and Publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News/Portland Press Herald is Lisa DeSisto. The President and CEO of Maine Public is Rick Schneider. The senior editor of FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative is Erin Texeira. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath. Explore reporting related to “Breakdown in Maine” on our website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/do... #Documentary #Maine #LewistonShooting Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW​ Instagram:   / frontlinepbs​   Twitter:   / frontlinepbs​   Facebook:   / frontline   FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, from Koo and Patricia Yuen, and from Laura DeBonis. Additional support for Breakdown in Maine is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Prologue 0:40 - The Deadliest Mass Shooting in Maine History 09:38 - The Lewiston Gunman's Troubling Behavior Before the Shooting 12:09 - What is Maine’s Yellow Flag Gun Law? 18:00 - An Attempt to Get the Shooter Mental Health Treatment Before Lewiston 26:54 - More Warnings and Missed Opportunities Before the Lewiston Shooting 38:57 - A Maine Commission’s Findings on What Led To the Lewiston Massacre 46:27 - What Do the Lewiston Gunman’s Brain Injuries Tell Us? 49:24 - A Year Later, Grieving and Seeking Accountability in Lewiston 51:55 - Credits