Lewiston mass shooting final report prompts response from Mills [Video]

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference Friday afternoon where she delivered prepared remarks over the final report from the Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston.

In the wake of the mass shooting on Oct. 25, when 18 people were killed and more than a dozen injured, Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey established the independent commission with the goal of determining the facts of the shootings, including the months preceding the shootings and the police response to them.

Last month, the commission issued its final report. Mills thanked the members and staff for their work and said she’d respond to the report’s findings after careful review, which she did again Friday afternoon before sharing her remarks. 

On Friday, more than two weeks after the final report was shared …