A gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The attacker was killed by the police. This is the country’s worst mass shooting as the death toll exceeded that of a Montreal massacre in 1989 when a gunman killed several women.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the gunman, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, who worked as a denturist, appeared at one stage to have been wearing part of a police uniform. He had also painstakingly disguised his car to look like a police cruiser.
Wortman shot people in several locations in Nova Scotia, the RCMP told a briefing. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp the police knew of at least 16 victims, besides the shooter. She added there was no indication at this time that the killings were terrorism-related.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil decried what he called a senseless act of violence.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would help Nova Scotians “as they heal from this tragedy.”
