NOVA SCOTIA MASS SHOOTING

At least 16 people have been killed in a mass shooting in Canada.

On the evening of April 18, police responded to multiple calls regarding a shooting in the small community of Portapique, in Nova Scotia, Canada..

The police found several dead and injured inside and outside a home.

The investigation overnight led police to many crime scenes scattered over at least 50 kilometres.

At around 8:00 a.m. on April 19, police announced on Twitter that they were dealing with an active shooter. 

Residents were advised to stay indoors, and a portion of the town was evacuated.

Constable Heidi Stevenson, who was killed.

Three buildings and two cars were reported burning.

Gabriel Wortman, age 51, was identified as the alleged shooter at 8:54 a.m. 

The public was warned that he might be dressed as an Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer and driving an RCMP cruiser.

Sightings of 'Wortman' were confirmed in Debert, Brookfield, and Milford.

'Wortman was killed' by police outside a gas station restaurant at the Irving Oil Big Stop in Enfield, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) south of Portapique and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Halifax.

Multiple people dead, including one RCMP officer, after shooting spree in Portapique, N.S. | Globalnews.ca
'Devastating day for Nova Scotia': 13 people, including RCMP officer, killed in shooting | CTV News

Portapique

Anonymous writes - 

NOVA SCOTIA MASS SHOOTING

"Wortman was a great friend and amazing person in High School. Always smiling. Always kind. This is nothing but shocking!" -@LisaBrush

"a good neighbour, a helpful neighbour, very kind" -Lillian MacCormack

"a good and friendly neighbour" -Bill Macpherson and wife

"Former high school friend Scott Balser posted on Facebook that Wortman was a very nice guy who liked to help others."

"From what I knew of him, he was quiet, gentle and very easy to talk to ... He was very nice." -David George Crockett

"In 2014, Wortman was featured on CTV News for providing free dental work for a cancer survivor. Sources say he helped many others as well."

"An apparent yearbook photo from Riverview High School in New Brunswick notes that Wortman aspired to be an RCMP officer."


Former best friend, Candy Palmater:

"I always felt like he wasn't quite comfortable in his own skin, but I thought as he matured, he would grow into himself"

"Gabriel always had a sadness about him, but I was so shocked to hear that he'd hurt other people."

"I don't know what his later adult life was like, but I can tell you that at university, people weren't nice to him. He was a little bit different, like I'm a little bit different, but he was beautiful and he had a really deep heart, but he was the brunt of everybody's jokes."

"I would never, ever have thought that about him ... I can't marry that with the Gabriel I knew."

https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/provincial/those-who-knew-gabriel-wortman-stunned-by-news-of-shooting-spree-439461/
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/just-unbelievable-neighbours-of-nova-scotia-shooting-suspect-shocked-by-news-1.4903021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/nova-scotia-shooting-gunman-profile-quiet-gentle-denturist