‘It’s unreal’: Maine residents lock doors for first time as police hunt for gunman

In small town ready for Halloween, every resident seems to know someone injured or killed in Wednesday massacre

Halloween decorations for spooky season were up in the Maine city of Lewiston but the community's streets were mostly quiet on Thursday, a day after a gunman killed 18 people at a local bowling alley and nearby bar in an act of horror that was all too real.

Police roadblocks prevented access to some areas of the town - part of a partial lockdown announced after the 40-year-old murder suspect, Robert Card, fled the scene, leaving his car several miles away near a boat dock. He is still on the run as hundreds of police search for him.