The public inquiry that investigated the April 2020 mass homicide of twenty-two individuals in Nova Scotia is releasing its ultimate report immediately.
The federal-provincial inquiry examined the occasions surrounding the 13-hour rampage that started locally of Portapique and ended when the RCMP gunned down the 51-year-old killer at a gasoline station about 55 kilometres south.
Its report can be launched immediately in Truro, N.S., and can embrace suggestions to enhance neighborhood security throughout Canada.
The inquiry’s mandate included examinations of the police response, the killer’s entry to firearms, gender-based violence, the help provided to these most affected and the steps taken to tell the general public because the murders unfolded.
On April 18, 2020, the killer assaulted his partner, loaded his unlawful firearms into a duplicate RCMP automobile and shot 13 individuals.
He managed to flee police seize and on April 19 murdered 9 extra individuals, together with RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson — whose automobile the killer rammed as she responded to a name for assist from a fellow officer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 30, 2023.
