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Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) tactical unit confer after the suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police in shooting spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, April 18, 2020. /AFP
Canadian police on Thursday worked to piece together a timeline of the country's deadliest mass shooting, where the gunman was shot dead after killing 22 people in Nova Scotia last weekend.
Police set up a tip line and on Thursday encouraged people who had information to call.
"Anything you know – no matter how small or insignificant it might seem – could help us piece the puzzle together," Darren Campbell of the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), said in a statement.
On Saturday night, police could not track down the gunman, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, and only picked up his trail the next day after he had gone on to kill more people, including a veteran Mountie.
A man staples a heart to a utility pole at the makeshift memorial, made in the memory for the victims of Canada's deadliest mass shooting spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, April 23, 2020. /Reuters
Investigators are now analyzing 16 crime scenes and trying to plot Wortman's movements overnight and during his flight the following morning.
One of the reasons Wortman may have slipped away is that he was driving a vehicle that looked largely identical to a RCMP cruiser and he was dressed in an uniform similar to the RCMP outfit.
Police have yet to determine the gunman's motive. On Wednesday, the RCMP faced criticism for poor communication with the public to alert them that an active gunman was on the loose.
A recording between a first responder and dispatcher showed confusion on Saturday night as to whether a suspect had been caught, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday.
Source(s): Reuters
