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Following questions about why Nova Scotia did not use [[Alert Ready]], Canada's emergency population warning system, to warn the public about the attacks and instead used popular [[social media]] platforms [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]] to provide updates, RCMP officials said they had been dealing with an unfolding situation and details kept being updated many times. However, the areas affected had poor cellular Internet service and were mostly populated by seniors who might not have used social media. Relatives of the victims pointed out that the use of Alert Ready could have saved lives.<ref name="CTV7">{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/u-s-citizens-in-nova-scotia-were-sent-additional-warning-during-deadly-rampage-1.4907139|title=U.S. citizens in Nova Scotia were sent additional warning during deadly rampage|website=CTV News|last=Gilmore|first=Rachel|date=April 22, 2020|accessdate=April 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cooke|first=Alex|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-shooting-emergency-alert-1.5540220|title='I would not have let my wife leave': Widower blasts lack of emergency alert during N.S. shootings|date=April 21, 2020|accessdate=April 21, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/corrie-ellison-mass-shooting-brother-clinton-hiding-1.5541082|title=He was 'hunted' by the Portapique gunman and survived. His brother didn't|website=CBC News|last=Davie|first=Emma|date=April 22, 2020|accessdate=April 22, 2020}}</ref> Chief Superintendent Leather said an investigation would be conducted into the decision-making process on alerting the public.<ref name="CBC5" /><ref name="CBC7" />
Following questions about why Nova Scotia did not use [[Alert Ready]], Canada's emergency warning system, to warn the public about the attacks and instead used popular [[social media]] platforms [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]] to provide updates, RCMP officials said they had been dealing with an unfolding situation and details kept being updated many times. However, the areas affected had poor cellular Internet service and were mostly populated by seniors who might not have used social media. Relatives of the victims pointed out that the use of Alert Ready could have saved lives.<ref name="CTV7">{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/u-s-citizens-in-nova-scotia-were-sent-additional-warning-during-deadly-rampage-1.4907139|title=U.S. citizens in Nova Scotia were sent additional warning during deadly rampage|website=CTV News|last=Gilmore|first=Rachel|date=April 22, 2020|accessdate=April 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cooke|first=Alex|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-shooting-emergency-alert-1.5540220|title='I would not have let my wife leave': Widower blasts lack of emergency alert during N.S. shootings|date=April 21, 2020|accessdate=April 21, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/corrie-ellison-mass-shooting-brother-clinton-hiding-1.5541082|title=He was 'hunted' by the Portapique gunman and survived. His brother didn't|website=CBC News|last=Davie|first=Emma|date=April 22, 2020|accessdate=April 22, 2020}}</ref> Chief Superintendent Leather said an investigation would be conducted into the decision-making process on alerting the public.<ref name="CBC5" /><ref name="CBC7" />


On April 22, Leather said officers in Dartmouth were asked by the province about a warning at 10:15&nbsp;a.m., but they did not agree on details like wording before Wortman died 71 minutes later.<ref name="CTV6" /> The [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|United States Consulate]] in Halifax said it emailed American citizens in Nova Scotia warning them of the situation using the RCMP's information.<ref name="CTV7"/>
On April 22, Leather said officers in Dartmouth were asked by the province about a warning at 10:15&nbsp;a.m., but they did not agree on details like wording before Wortman died 71 minutes later.<ref name="CTV6" /> The [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|United States Consulate]] in Halifax said it emailed American citizens in Nova Scotia warning them of the situation using the RCMP's information.<ref name="CTV7"/>

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2020 Nova Scotia attacks
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Enfield, Nova Scotia
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Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
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Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Debert, Nova Scotia
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Debert, Nova Scotia
Wentworth, Nova Scotia
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Wentworth, Nova Scotia
Portapique, Nova Scotia
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Portapique, Nova Scotia
LocationNova Scotia, Canada
Date10:14 p.m., April 18, 2020 (2020-04-18T10:14 p.m.) –
11:26 a.m., April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19T11:26 a.m.) ADT (UTC−03:00)
Attack type
Spree shooting, mass murder,[1] arson
WeaponsLong gun and handgun
Deaths23 (including the perpetrator)[2]
Injured3[3]
PerpetratorGabriel Wortman
MotiveUnknown (under investigation)

On April 18–19, 2020, Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at 16 locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people and injuring three others before the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) shot and killed him in Enfield.[2][3][4]

For part of the thirteen-hour crime spree, Wortman impersonated a police officer by driving a replica police car and wearing a police uniform. An investigation into his motives is underway.[5][6] Police are determining how he obtained firearms without a possession and acquisition licence.[7][8]

Police were criticized for not using Alert Ready to warn the public about the attacks. An investigation into the law enforcement response to the rampage, including the decision to not use Alert Ready, has also begun.[9][10][11]

It is the deadliest rampage in Canadian history, surpassing the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in which 15 people were killed.[12]

Events

April 18

The events originated as a case of domestic violence between Wortman and his girlfriend in the rural beachside community of Portapique, (130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Halifax).[13][3] The couple returned home after arguing at a nearby party, where he attacked her, and she fled into the woods to hide. Wortman subsequently lit his house on fire, then returned to the party and started shooting, killing seven people.[3][13][14]

Beginning at 10:14 p.m., a number of Portapique residents called 9-1-1 to report gunshots and several fires.[5][15][16][17] When RCMP officers arrived on the scene 12 minutes later at 10:26, they discovered thirteen victims who had been shot and killed inside and outside of eight homes on Orchard Beach Drive and Portapique Beach Road, three of which were burning.[17][18] Police said many had died while trying to escape the flames or help other victims.[3][19] One officer reported by radio that they could not locate the shooter, and that "it's very bad what's going on down here".[20] First responders also found a man who said he had been shot by someone driving what appeared to be a police car. The victim said the shooter had gone toward the beach, which was a dead end.[3]

Police soon identified Wortman as a suspect, but with his property on fire and the understanding that there was only one exit from the community, they believed he was either on foot or already dead by suicide, and could not be far away. At 11:32 p.m., the RCMP posted a tweet asking residents of the Portapique area to stay inside with their doors locked, as officers set up a search perimeter of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). Overnight, there was confusion over whether Wortman had been apprehended and if he was the driver of the apparent police car.[14][15][20][21][22] The RCMP later determined that Wortman had left Portapique at around 10:35 p.m. by driving through a field, and that he had spent the night in the Debert area, about 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Portapique.[23][24]

April 19

Wortman left Debert at 5:43 a.m. and drove north on Highway 4 to a house whose residents he knew, located on Hunter Road in Wentworth, approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of Portapique. He arrived at around 6:30 a.m. and shortly thereafter killed the two occupants, as well as a neighbour who came to render assistance, and lit the house on fire.[24] A 9-1-1 caller reported the sound of an explosion.[3]

Simultaneously, police located Wortman's girlfriend in Portapique. She confirmed that he was impersonating a police officer, and provided a photo of his unregistered replica police vehicle.[3][13] A BOLO alert containing this information was issued to officers across the province, and the RCMP announced that they were dealing with an active shooter situation.[5][11][16][25][26] Wortman was publicly identified as the suspect at 8:54 a.m.[27]

At around 9:00 a.m., Wortman went to another house whose residents he knew, while armed and dressed in a police uniform, but the occupants refused to let him in and called the police. He began driving back south on Highway 4 toward Portapique at 9:23 a.m., and shot and killed another victim while she was walking on the side of the road in Wentworth Valley at 9:35.[3][4][21][22][24]

By 9:48 a.m., Wortman was seen near a campground in the Glenholme area, and then again in Debert at 10:08.[24] In a tweet posted at 10:17, the RCMP first warned the public that Wortman was impersonating a police officer, and shared the photo of his vehicle.[28][27][29][30] During this time, he performed two traffic stops on random cars and killed their occupants.[14][31][32] At one point, surveillance video apparently captured Wortman pulling into a parking lot in Millbrook First Nation in the mock police vehicle, briefly getting out to exchange his jacket for a reflective vest, and then driving off.[33]

Sometime before 10:49 a.m., Wortman pulled alongside RCMP Constable Chad Morrison's cruiser on Route 2 in Shubenacadie. Morrison had planned to meet fellow officer Heidi Stevenson at that location. Wortman shot into the car, injuring Morrison, who drove to a nearby hospital after reporting Wortman's location. Wortman continued south into the junction with Route 224 and collided head-on with Stevenson, who was driving north.[14][20][34][35][36] Stevenson engaged Wortman, who shot and killed her, before taking her sidearm and ammunition.[14] He also set both cars on fire.[14][20][29][37] He then shot and killed a nearby motorist who stopped to help Stevenson, and drove off in his silver Chevy Tracker SUV.[14][21] Police announced the vehicle change at 11:06 a.m.[25]

Shortly thereafter, Wortman killed a woman he knew at her Shubenacadie home, changed his clothes again, and stole her Mazda 3.[25] By 11:24 a.m., he was seen continuing south along Highway 102 through Milford.[20][25][38][39]

Finally, thirteen hours after police began pursuing him, at 11:26 a.m., Wortman pulled into the Irving Big Stop service area in Enfield, 92 kilometres (57 mi) south of Portapique and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Halifax.[20] At least one RCMP officer who was already there to fill up on gas recognized Wortman, and fatally shot him.[39] Wortman's death was confirmed by police at 11:40 a.m.[1][25][28]

Victims

Wortman killed 22 people, including Stevenson. The other officer he shot survived, as did the man he shot in Portapique who first reported his possible use of a police car.[2][16][29][32][40] He tied up and injured his girlfriend before she escaped at the start of the rampage. Thirteen of the dead were found in Portapique, four in Wentworth, two in Debert, and three in Shubenacadie.[14] They are believed to have died from gunshot wounds, but other causes are also being investigated.[16][38] Eight of the victims were found in the remains of structure fires.[41]

According to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, some of Wortman's first victims were closely connected to him, but over time, those he attacked were selected more at random.[5] The Globe and Mail reported that one of the victims in Wentworth had previously gone hunting with Wortman, while CBC News reported that another victim owned the property in Portapique that was subject to a dispute between Wortman and his uncle.[32][42]

Perpetrator

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Workers removing signage from the perpetrator's denture clinic in Dartmouth on April 22

The RCMP identified the perpetrator as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman,[29][43][44] a denturist working in the Halifax area. He owned real estate in Portapique, Halifax, and Dartmouth.[22][29][45] He attended Riverview High School in Riverview, New Brunswick and aspired to be a police officer, according to his yearbook.[46]

Wortman pleaded guilty to assault in 2002 and was sentenced to nine months of probation, in which he was prohibited from possessing weapons and ordered to undergo anger management counselling.[47][48]

He was also involved in two civil matters regarding property disputes, according to interviews and public records. In 2004, he offered to help a friend who had financial difficulties and was about to lose his house, then discreetly took ownership of the house, evicted the man and sold the property. In 2015, his uncle lent him a house that he purchased in Portapique while selling his Edmonton condominium. Wortman refused to release the property back to him, claiming he was owed money, until the uncle eventually sold it; one of the buyers later became a victim.[48][49][50]

Wortman had a hobby of buying law enforcement memorabilia and refurbishing old police cruisers.[51] At the time of the attacks, he was in possession of four such cruisers. Police found two of them on fire at his Portapique property and a third at his Halifax property, while Wortman initially drove the fourth during the spree.[21][22] One person called his home a "shrine" for the RCMP.[51] He stored two of the vehicles behind his denture clinic.[46][52] According to a businessman in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Wortman inquired about buying a decommissioned RCMP cruiser from him in 2017 or 2018, claiming to be a retired officer who wanted to park the vehicle outside his house to deter thieves. For price reasons, he did not buy it.[53]

A neighbour said Wortman was obsessed with his girlfriend and tended to be "jealous about things with her".[21] Neighbours also said that he struggled with alcohol use and his business was negatively affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nova Scotia, which forced all non-essential denturist services to close.[51]

After the attacks, the decorative signage on Wortman's denture clinic on Portland Street in Dartmouth, portraying a large smile and a set of dentures, was the subject of complaints from the public. In response, Halifax Regional Police removed the signage on April 22.[54]

Investigations

Criminal

No motive has been established for the attacks, though they are not considered an act of terrorism.[5] Over 25 different units of the RCMP were involved in the criminal investigation, along with the Halifax Regional Police and the Canada Border Services Agency.[21][41] The Canadian Armed Forces were also dispatched on April 21 to assist the RCMP in their investigation by providing them with additional personnel and supplies.[55] There were a total of 16 crime scenes, including five structure fires, spread over a distance of at least 50 kilometres (31 mi), along with 435 identified witnesses.[24][35]

Chief Superintendent Chris Leather noted that Wortman's use of a police cruiser and a police uniform helped allow him to evade detection for a long time. Owning police vehicles or uniforms is not a crime, but impersonating a police officer is.[56][57] CBC News reported that at least one RCMP officer had previously taken note of one of Wortman's replica vehicles, and advised him not to drive it on the road.[53] Officials later said Wortman had acquired the specific vehicle he used in the attacks at an auction in fall 2019.[24]

Leather also said that Wortman had no possession and acquisition licence and his weapons were illegally purchased, a matter that will be investigated further.[7][8] Superintendent Darren Campbell said Wortman possessed several semiautomatic handguns and two semiautomatic rifles, along with a "significant amount" of ammunition.[24] Police also said one of the weapons had originated in Canada, but all of the others likely came from the United States.[3][37]

The man who Wortman had previously considered buying a police car from said that he was warned by police during the incident that he was considered a possible target. However, he was ultimately not a victim, and police later refuted suggestions that Wortman had kept a written list of targets.[3][32][58]

The Nova Scotia RCMP Major Crime Unit launched a tip hotline to gather further information about the attacks.[59]

Police response

Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team announced it would conduct an investigation into the police shooting of Wortman, as well as another incident involving two RCMP officers who discharged their weapons inside a fire hall in Onslow; Wortman was not there at the time.[29][32][60]

In an interview with As It Happens on April 25, Commissioner Lucki promised a thorough review of the police response to the attacks, including the delay in informing the public about Wortman potentially impersonating a police officer.[11]

Lack of emergency alert

Following questions about why Nova Scotia did not use Alert Ready, Canada's emergency warning system, to warn the public about the attacks and instead used popular social media platforms Twitter and Facebook to provide updates, RCMP officials said they had been dealing with an unfolding situation and details kept being updated many times. However, the areas affected had poor cellular Internet service and were mostly populated by seniors who might not have used social media. Relatives of the victims pointed out that the use of Alert Ready could have saved lives.[61][62][63] Chief Superintendent Leather said an investigation would be conducted into the decision-making process on alerting the public.[9][10]

On April 22, Leather said officers in Dartmouth were asked by the province about a warning at 10:15 a.m., but they did not agree on details like wording before Wortman died 71 minutes later.[47] The United States Consulate in Halifax said it emailed American citizens in Nova Scotia warning them of the situation using the RCMP's information.[61]

Aftermath

Political reactions

Prime Minister Trudeau speaks about the killings on April 20 (8:59)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his condolences.[29] During his morning address from Rideau Cottage on April 20, he reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening gun control.[64] He asked the media to not use Wortman's name or image: "Do not give this person the gift of infamy."[65]

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil told reporters, "This is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our province's history." He expressed his condolences to the residents affected and the families of the victims.[66]

Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, expressed her condolences, saying that she and Prince Philip were "saddened by the appalling events", and that her thoughts and prayers were with the people of Nova Scotia and all Canadians. She also paid tribute to the "bravery and sacrifice" of the RCMP and other emergency services.[67]

The White House condemned the attacks and expressed US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump's condolences.[31]

Memorials and fundraisers

Flags across Canada were lowered to half-mast,[68] and the House of Commons observed a moment of silence for the victims.[69]

On April 20, the CN Tower was illuminated in blue and white, the colours of the Nova Scotia flag, and also in RCMP red, blue, and gold in honour of Stevenson, on the quarter- and half-hours. On April 21, at Niagara Falls, both the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls were also illuminated in blue and white as a symbol of bi-national solidarity with Nova Scotia.[70]

In the days after the incident, many fundraisers for the victims and their families were started on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.[71][72] There was also at least one fake or fraudulent fundraiser started, which was subsequently removed. Jeff Thomson of the RCMP's Anti-Fraud Centre warned Canadians to be diligent when donating to charities related to the tragedy.[72]

As large gatherings were restricted in the province due to the coronavirus pandemic, a public virtual vigil aired on CBC Atlantic on April 24 at 7:00 p.m. ADT.[73][74]

See also

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