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At least 16 people were killed during a gunman's bloody 12-hour rampage through several Nova Scotia communities, and police warn there may be more victims.
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+ l& G9 ?7 {/ z$ J/ q5 k' sIn an update on Sunday evening, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said police know of at least 16 victims, besides the shooter. She also confirmed the incident is not terror-related at this time.
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/ A% y- W2 i" g4 r; o! N6 J; g3 G9 ENova Scotia RCMP said people were killed in several locations across the province, including a veteran RCMP officer.
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; l5 X( n) _5 v* i! _Police said there may be more victims who have not been discovered yet and their investigation continues.
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RCMP identified the gunman as Gabriel Wortman, 51. His rampage began late Saturday night in the small community of Portapique, N.S., about 40 kilometres west of Truro, N.S. He led police on a chase Sunday morning along one of the province's busiest highways.$ u& v6 r8 h. t+ X( W2 L$ `: |1 b
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The chase ended near a gas station about 35 kilometres north of Halifax in Enfield, N.S., around 11:40 a.m. local time. Police confirmed Sunday evening that the gunman was dead.9 F) t# F. R/ p# `8 D
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! X/ u0 e! R4 e4 i# QRCMP Chief Supt. Chris Leather said gunfire was exchanged between police and the suspect at at least one point.0 D; ^0 ]* ^0 t
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Police watchdog investigating death of gunman& |4 t# K; V/ S! A7 E0 Y' m% U
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The province's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) said Sunday evening it was investigating the shooting of a man in Enfield by RCMP officers.& d8 m# s/ O h+ H, B
. E6 F5 [8 E+ L. J1 u* o8 d# O& y& \According to a release, the suspect was involved in a serious criminal event in Shubenacadie, N.S. A confrontation with police followed in Enfield, "resulting in officers discharging their firearms."
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The suspect was then found dead at the scene.
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The police watchdog said it was contacted by RCMP and has assumed responsibility for the investigation of the suspect's shooting.' x. k7 {7 e! ?# I2 m
0 Z# \0 ]8 A# @& ?5 b* c+ QThe organization is responsible for investigating all serious incidents involving police in Nova Scotia, whether or not there is an allegation of wrongdoing.
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Motive turned to 'randomness'7 G& s+ W& k8 ?( q: ^+ @/ O
( `6 C) Z) U1 i2 j' ILucki said she believed the shooter had an initial "motivation" at the beginning that "turned to randomness." 6 Y2 ~5 B" }2 |" ~8 ~
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"Our investigation will tell that. We don't know for sure, and we're going to have to do a lot of work on finding the motivation — a lot of background, a lot of profiling-type events and a lot of crime scene processing," she said.1 ]2 K7 U* z: R3 M1 d3 u
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The RCMP will also be calling on their subject-matter experts in forensics and criminal profiling, Lucki said.
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"Whatever it takes so that we can give the families of the victims answers to the many questions that they probably have." |
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