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Apr 13, 2021 · The document, known as an information to obtain or ITO, describes how a witness wounded by gunfire told the first officers on the scene that his neighbour, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman,...
- Number of Victims Held Back
- Death Toll Had Already Risen
- Top Mountie Expressed Disappointment
- Firearms Legislation in The Works
- Vague on History of Violence
- Earlier Interaction with Police
- 5 Press Conferences in April
- Knew Teen Was Among Victims
- Information About Replica Cruiser
- Officers Shared Intel About Decommissioned Cars
The public inquiry found that "internal knowledge shared" with Leather an hour before that press conference "suggested the victim count was at least 17," and that he'd known for hours his officers had discovered at least 14 bodies. Lia Scanlan, the civilian director of Nova Scotia RCMP's strategic communications, told the commission in an interview...
The public inquiry has found that by 7 p.m. AT, the RCMP knew Const. Heidi Stevenson and 17 other people were dead and Lucki released that number. By 11 p.m., police had discovered all 17 crime scenes and knew there were potentially 22 victims, plus the gunman. Eight of the gunman's victims were discovered in or near structures that burned. The RCM...
On April 28, Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, Leather, Supt. Darren Campbell and Scanlan had a conference call with RCMP headquarters. According to inquiry documents, Lucki expressed disappointment in that phone call about the press briefings carried out by Nova Scotia RCMP. "In particular, Lucki felt that the Nova Scotia RCMP had disobeyed he...
In his notes from the meeting with Lucki, Campbell said the commissioner was "sad and disappointed" and "had promised the Minister of Public Safety and the Prime Minister's Office that the RCMP, [we] would release this information." He also noted that Lucki expressed "this was tied to pending gun control legislation that would make officers and the...
In the first press conference, Leather said the gunman was not known to police. The chief superintendent also said he wasn't aware of a history of violence. But the inquiry has found that behind the scenes, RCMP officers had already pulled together records related to Gabriel Wortman's past dealings with police officers and others. Not long after RC...
Before the deadly confrontation with RCMP officers in Enfield, one of the gunman's most recent interactions with police occurred outside his denture clinic in Dartmouth in February 2020. Halifax officers described a man who became "extremely irate and shaking" because they parked in his business lot. The man refused to remove a chain to let the off...
In the week that followed, the RCMP held four more press conferences: on April 20, 22, 24 and 28. Over the course of that first week, the RCMP was not forthcoming about the number of people injured, the exact time they learned of a shooting in Portapique and the gunman's interactions with Const. Heidi Stevenson prior to her death. Blair, Lucki and ...
Leather's own handwritten notes from April 20referenced a "teenage female" among the confirmed dead. Internally, RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Halliday emailed two colleagues asking about the discrepancy and Sgt. Laura Seeley responded that Leather "released what he felt comfortable confirming at the time." It's not clear from the commission documents why ...
One of the primary issues raised by families of people killed on the second day of the rampage is why the RCMP did not warn the public earlier that the gunman was driving a replica police cruiser. Three people had mentioned a type of police car being involved within a half-hour of the first 911 call. During the April 20 press conference, Leather sa...
On April 24, Campbell reiterated that the "critical" details of the car, like its photo, "didn't emerge until the early morning hours of the 19th." He also said the officers in charge believed they had accounted for all the gunman's decommissioned cruisers and factored it into the consideration of notifying the public. During that same briefing, Ca...
Jun 20, 2022 · The Mass Casualty Commission leading the public inquiry into the mass shootings that unfolded April 18-19, 2020, released documents Monday detailing the ordeals of family members who lost...
Mar 30, 2023 · The commission found the RCMP did not treat Ms. Banfield as a surviving victim of the mass casualty, as an important witness who required careful debriefing and who would need support...
It left 22 dead, including a pregnant woman, a primary school teacher, a 17-year-old teenager and a police constable. A public inquiry is now looking into how Canada's worst mass shooting...
Apr 21, 2020 · Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed on Monday that there are now at least 19 dead, including the gunman, in a series of shootings that took place between Saturday night and Sunday morning in a...
Jun 21, 2022 · In the days following the mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia, the RCMP's statements to the public were riddled with mistakes, confusion and omissions, a newly released...
