The US Army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in a shooting in the US city of Lewiston in Maine this week is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, US media reported on Saturday.

Robert Card, 40, was found dead in the woods near Lisbon, some 8 miles from Lewiston, where Wednesday’s shooting happened, multiple sources tell CNN.

This comes after a two-day manhunt that prompted the shutdown of schools and businesses as law enforcement furiously pursued him after Wednesday’s attack at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston.

The latest shooting was the deadliest US mass shooting since last year’s massacre at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Maine State Police plan to hold a news conference at 10 pm (local time).

(With inputs from agencies)