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TexasTowelie

(111,932 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 12:46 AM Apr 2020

16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history

TORONTO — A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that killed 16 people, the deadliest such attack in the country’s history. Officials said Sunday the suspected shooter was also dead.

A police officer was among those killed. Several bodies were found inside and outside one home in the small, rural town of Portapique, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Halifax — what police called the first scene. Bodies were also found at other locations. The assault began late Saturday, and authorities believe the shooter may have targeted his first victims but then began attacking randomly.

Overnight, police began advising residents of the town — already on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic — to lock their doors and stay in their basements. Several homes in the area were set on fire as well.

Police identified the man believed to be the shooter as Gabriel Wortman, 51, who was thought to live part-time in Portapique. Authorities said he wore a police uniform at one point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser.

Read more: https://www.startribune.com/canadian-police-look-for-shooter-possibly-driving-police-car/569768632/

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16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP
F**k! In Canada? What the hell. captain queeg Apr 2020 #1
It is utterly horrible. And I do not forget the Montreal Masacre, where 14 women students niyad Apr 2020 #2
Hugs to Canada. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #3
Yikes! 2naSalit Apr 2020 #4

niyad

(113,049 posts)
2. It is utterly horrible. And I do not forget the Montreal Masacre, where 14 women students
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 01:14 AM
Apr 2020

were murdered because the killer hated feminists.

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