Witnesses have actually begun to describe the chaos during Sunday’s fatal shooting rampage in Nova Scotia, Canada, that killed a minimum of 16 at multiple crime scenes and victims ” scattered across the province.”
A truck motorist from Ontario told CTV News he stopped at a gas station where the suspect, Gabriel Wortman, 51, was nabbed, and later on died.
Tom Nurani stated he stopped to shower and have breakfast when he heard a worker shouting.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers prepare to take a suspect into custody at a gasoline station in Enfield, Nova Scotia on Sunday, April 19,2020 (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press through AP).
” She goes, ‘Oh my God, lock the doors, he’s here!’ And I peek out of the window and I saw some Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP] vehicles and there was four or 5 uniforms with weapons,” stated Nurani.
Other witnesses told the news division they saw squad car at the scene, heard gunshots, and saw a body on the ground.
” All I might hear was gunshots and my better half, I believed I was going to call 911 because she was entering into panic, it terrified her so bad,” said Glen Hines, who was driving by the station.
” There was several, like probably between 5 or 10[gunshots] It was consistent,” remembered Deon Wells, who resides in the location, according to CTV News.
Royal Canadian Installed Law enforcement officer prepare to take a suspect into custody at a gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press through AP).
Chris Leather, the police superintendent, wouldn’t validate the suspect was shot by police but he did state “officers were associated with terminating the hazard,” according to CTV News.
Wortman went on a 12- hour rampage and obviously camouflaged himself as a law enforcement officer. The car he remained in was thought to be a mock-up made to appear like an RCMP cruiser.
One of his victims was a 23- year veteran on the Nova Scotia RCMP, Constable Heidi Stevenson, a mom of two.
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” Heidi responded to the call of duty and lost her life while safeguarding those she served,” cops stated.
A possible intention for the shooter was uncertain as cops said a number of his victims did not understand the killer. A number of bodies showed up inside and outside a house in the town of Portapique, which police called the very first crime scene.
Wortman is noted as a denturist in the city of Dartmouth, near Halifax, according to the Denturist Society of Nova Scotia website. A suspect image provided by the RCMP appears to be of the very same person seen in video footage being talked to about dentures by CTV Atlantic in 2014.
” My heart goes out to everybody affected in what is an awful situation,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stated while including it was an extra “heavy concern” in the middle of efforts to consist of the coronavirus.
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Christine Mills, a resident of the location, stated it was a frightening night for her as armed officers patrolled the streets and helicopters flew overhead looking for the suspect.
” It’s nerve-wracking due to the fact that you do not understand if somebody has lost their mind and is going to beat in your front door,” she said.
Numerous structure fires were reported too, however cops didn’t instantly validate details.
Bergerman added that “numerous families” are in mourning today who need the support of others. It was referred to as the most dangerous such attack in Canadian history.
” Today is a destructive day for Nova Scotia and it will remain etched in the minds of many, for several years to come,” said Bergerman.
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Mass shootings are fairly rare in Canada. The nation upgraded its gun-control laws after shooter Marc Lepine killed 14 ladies and himself at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique college in1989 Before this weekend’s rampage, that had been the country’s worst.
Fox News’ Robert Gearty, Mike Arroyo and The Associated Press contributed to this report
