Funerals for Maine shooting victims near an end with service for man who died trying to save others
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Funerals for the 18 victims of the mass shooting in Maine last month are nearing a conclusion with a service for a husband and father of two sons who was slain at a bowling alley. Jason Walker of Sabattus was remembered as an ambitious man with many self-taught skills, from gardening and playing the guitar to beekeeping, making sausage and sourdough bread. Family said at his funeral on Saturday that the 51-year-old Walker was also quick-witted, generous and caring. Walker and his best friend, Michael Deslauriers, were killed at a bowling alley in Lewiston on Oct. 25. Others were killed at a Lewiston bar. Thirteen people were injured in the shooting rampage by gunman Robert Card, who was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.