Mass Shooting in Nova Scotia
rickc @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:34 pm
https://news.sky.com/story/canada-at-le ... a-11975680
Looks like cabin fever may be setting in. Condolences to the families that lost loved ones in this senseless massacre.
N_Fiddledog @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:47 pm
There's a lot left to be told on this story.
Elsewhere I was hearing the perp was a denturist who owned multiple properties. What set him off?
If he was in a fake police car wearing a fake police uniform how long had he been planning this?
What happened between him burning cars and buildings and the gunfight. There seems to have been a lengthy gap between the two. They were out searching with helicopters. Giving warnings to the public.
I think I read one where he wasn't nabbed driving the faux police car. It was a grey something-or-other.
N_Fiddledog @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:08 pm
Whoah...WTF! I didn't notice that the kill count had been updated. This morning they were just talking about the lady cop.
But no. It's bigger than that. Much bigger.
10 People Killed
And that's just the current estimate. Sounds like there were murders across Nova Scotia.
Strutz @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:11 pm
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/devastating ... -1.4902687
This will continue to get updated I'm sure.
Up to 13 at the moment
Scape @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:35 pm
Just got off the horn with mum. Wow. Everyone is safe thank god.
Thanos @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:02 pm
Good for your ma, Scape. 
Like things aren't crappy enough already with, for example, one of the few "good" things in the US to come from the epidemic is that with the school closures none of the evil monster kids have had any opportunity to do some massacres down their. Certainly didn't need one of these pieces of shit to flip out like that, especially not in Canada. Goddammit. 
N_Fiddledog @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:03 pm
Heavy.com usually does a good compilation of the facts when these things happen.
Gabriel Wortman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
$1:
The mass shooting rampage began late Saturday, April 18, in Portapique, and ended Sunday, April 19, at a gas station in Enfield. Police have not said exactly how many people were killed or wounded during the 12-hour incident, which also included numerous fires to buildings and vehicles. Authorities said the killings occurred in multiple locations across the northern part of the province of Nova Scotia. Police do not believe anyone else was involved in the shootings and they are not looking for additional suspects.
RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather said at a press conference the investigation was active and ongoing as of Sunday evening and investigators had not yet searched every crime scene to determine how many people were killed. Leather said officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect at one point during the incident. Leather said it was too early on in the investigation to say what the suspect’s motivations were. Some of the victims did have a relationship with Wortman, Leather told reporters. But he said he could not provide specifics because of privacy laws.
The active-shooter situation began Saturday night, April 19, when Nova Scotia RCMP officers received multiple calls of a firearms incident at a residence in Portapique in Colchester County, Leather said at a press conference Sunday. Several casualties were found inside and outside of the home, but no suspect was found, according to Leather. “This was a very quickly evolving situation and a chaotic scene. Many units responded, including emergency response teams and police dog services,” he said.
According to Leather, officers secured the immediate area and began a search for a suspect. “The initial search for the suspect led to multiple sites in the area, including structures that were on fire. The search continued overnight and into the morning. This morning, we actively sought out the suspect through multiple communities throughout Nova Scotia. The search for the suspect ended this morning when the suspect was located and I can confirm that he is deceased,” Leather said. An officer-involved shooting investigation is underway, he said.
A witness at the gas station where Wortman was killed told CTV, “All I could hear was gunshots and my wife, I thought I was going to call 911, because she was going into panic, it scared her so bad.” The witness, Glen Hines, told CTV, “There was multiple, like probably between five or 10 (gunshots). It was steady.”
Photos and videos from bystanders showed a crash scene with multiple police cruisers on fire. Authorities have not provided details about that part of the incident. Darcy Sack, who witnessed the incident involving the flaming police vehicles, told the CBC, “”We were right behind the police car that was on fire. There was one officer we could see on scene and then all of a sudden, he went running toward one of the burning vehicles. We heard gunshots. had that feeling that something was wrong with the [police officer’s] partner — the way he looked. My heart went out to him.” Sack said the suspect appeared to also be dressed like a police officer and fled from the scene in a silver SUV with officers again giving chase.
On Sunday, about 10 a.m., Nova Scotia RCMP said on Twitter that they believed Wortman was possibly driving what looked like an RCMP vehicle and wearing what appeared to be an RCMP uniform. Police said that Wortman was not an RCMP officer or employee and the vehicle was not stolen. He was later said to be driving a Chevrolet Tracker SUV.
According to Billy Swinimer, a Nova Scotia resident who knew the suspect, Wortman was known to have bought a retired police vehicle at an auction. Swinimer wrote on Facebook, “His main hobby is buying ex-police cars at auctions.” Swinimer said Wortman, showed photos of a “cruiser that he redid. It’s exactly like an actual RCMP police car and he has the uniform to go with it.”
Leather told reporters, “I can confirm that at one point during the course of the evening he appears to have been wearing if not all, then a portion of a police uniform and he was driving at one point a mock-up or a vehicle that was made to look like an RCMP police cruiser.” When asked whether the shootings were pre-planned Leather said that is an “important element of the investigation, the fact that this individual had a uniform and a police car at his disposal, certainly speaks to it not be a random act.”
2. Wortman Owned Multiple Properties in Dartmouth & Portapique, Nova Scotia, & Was Once Featured in a Local News Story About His Work as a Denturist
Public records show that Wortman owned several properties in Dartmouth and Portapique, Nova Scotia, and he worked as a denturist. Wortman also lived in Halifax. He was the owner of the Atlantic Denture Clinic on Portland Street in Dartmouth. Photos from local reporters showed that officers had blocked off the building as part of the investigation.
In a promotional video for Wortman’s business, he says he is a “licensed denturist here in the province of Nova Scotia. I run a company called Atlantic Denture Clinic. At Atlantic Denture Clinic, we are a full-service denture clinic in that we take the impressions from the patients and make the teeth for the patients. There’s no required referrals from your dentist. Here at Atlantic Denture Clinic, we invite you to come and smile with confidence.”
Wortman was featured in a 2014 story by a local news outlet about charity work he did as part of his denture business. In the CTV News story, a Halifax cancer survivor praised Wortman for helping her replace her teeth that she lost because of her battle with the disease. After she found out Medicare wouldn’t cover her dentures and spoke to a local news station, Wortman reached out. ““If my mom were here today, she always used to tell me that there’s angels among us that walk on the face of the earth, and to me, that’s what those people are,” the woman told CTV in 2014.
Wortman told the news station, “My heart went out to her. There’s so many ways for people to get dentures, but it seems like the people who really need them are the people who are getting left behind.”
Police have released few details about Wortman’s family and life. Authorities did say at least some of the victims were known to Wortman, but added that others appeared to have been picked at random. According to police, Wortman was armed with a firearm during the incident and used the gun, or guns, to shoot and kill some of the victims. But authorities said they are not sure whether he used any other means to kill or injure others.
A classmate’s daughter shared a photo on social media of Wortman’s high school yearbook. Next to his photo, the yearbook states, “Gabriel can be seen cruising around on one wheel on his Honda XR 5004 … Gabriel’s likes are good skiing and time spent with friends. His dislikes include cold weather and English. Gabe’s future may include being an RCMP officer.”
Bill MacCormack told CTV News his neighbor had a fondness for cars and motorcycles. MacCormack told the news station that Wortman bought multiple retired police cruisers and kept them in a yard behind his clinic. “It’s two Mountie cars,” the neighbor said. “I never asked him about it.”
RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather said at a press conference the investigation was active and ongoing as of Sunday evening and investigators had not yet searched every crime scene to determine how many people were killed. Leather said officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect at one point during the incident. Leather said it was too early on in the investigation to say what the suspect’s motivations were. Some of the victims did have a relationship with Wortman, Leather told reporters. But he said he could not provide specifics because of privacy laws.
The active-shooter situation began Saturday night, April 19, when Nova Scotia RCMP officers received multiple calls of a firearms incident at a residence in Portapique in Colchester County, Leather said at a press conference Sunday. Several casualties were found inside and outside of the home, but no suspect was found, according to Leather. “This was a very quickly evolving situation and a chaotic scene. Many units responded, including emergency response teams and police dog services,” he said.
According to Leather, officers secured the immediate area and began a search for a suspect. “The initial search for the suspect led to multiple sites in the area, including structures that were on fire. The search continued overnight and into the morning. This morning, we actively sought out the suspect through multiple communities throughout Nova Scotia. The search for the suspect ended this morning when the suspect was located and I can confirm that he is deceased,” Leather said. An officer-involved shooting investigation is underway, he said.
A witness at the gas station where Wortman was killed told CTV, “All I could hear was gunshots and my wife, I thought I was going to call 911, because she was going into panic, it scared her so bad.” The witness, Glen Hines, told CTV, “There was multiple, like probably between five or 10 (gunshots). It was steady.”
Photos and videos from bystanders showed a crash scene with multiple police cruisers on fire. Authorities have not provided details about that part of the incident. Darcy Sack, who witnessed the incident involving the flaming police vehicles, told the CBC, “”We were right behind the police car that was on fire. There was one officer we could see on scene and then all of a sudden, he went running toward one of the burning vehicles. We heard gunshots. had that feeling that something was wrong with the [police officer’s] partner — the way he looked. My heart went out to him.” Sack said the suspect appeared to also be dressed like a police officer and fled from the scene in a silver SUV with officers again giving chase.
On Sunday, about 10 a.m., Nova Scotia RCMP said on Twitter that they believed Wortman was possibly driving what looked like an RCMP vehicle and wearing what appeared to be an RCMP uniform. Police said that Wortman was not an RCMP officer or employee and the vehicle was not stolen. He was later said to be driving a Chevrolet Tracker SUV.
According to Billy Swinimer, a Nova Scotia resident who knew the suspect, Wortman was known to have bought a retired police vehicle at an auction. Swinimer wrote on Facebook, “His main hobby is buying ex-police cars at auctions.” Swinimer said Wortman, showed photos of a “cruiser that he redid. It’s exactly like an actual RCMP police car and he has the uniform to go with it.”
Leather told reporters, “I can confirm that at one point during the course of the evening he appears to have been wearing if not all, then a portion of a police uniform and he was driving at one point a mock-up or a vehicle that was made to look like an RCMP police cruiser.” When asked whether the shootings were pre-planned Leather said that is an “important element of the investigation, the fact that this individual had a uniform and a police car at his disposal, certainly speaks to it not be a random act.”
2. Wortman Owned Multiple Properties in Dartmouth & Portapique, Nova Scotia, & Was Once Featured in a Local News Story About His Work as a Denturist
Public records show that Wortman owned several properties in Dartmouth and Portapique, Nova Scotia, and he worked as a denturist. Wortman also lived in Halifax. He was the owner of the Atlantic Denture Clinic on Portland Street in Dartmouth. Photos from local reporters showed that officers had blocked off the building as part of the investigation.
In a promotional video for Wortman’s business, he says he is a “licensed denturist here in the province of Nova Scotia. I run a company called Atlantic Denture Clinic. At Atlantic Denture Clinic, we are a full-service denture clinic in that we take the impressions from the patients and make the teeth for the patients. There’s no required referrals from your dentist. Here at Atlantic Denture Clinic, we invite you to come and smile with confidence.”
Wortman was featured in a 2014 story by a local news outlet about charity work he did as part of his denture business. In the CTV News story, a Halifax cancer survivor praised Wortman for helping her replace her teeth that she lost because of her battle with the disease. After she found out Medicare wouldn’t cover her dentures and spoke to a local news station, Wortman reached out. ““If my mom were here today, she always used to tell me that there’s angels among us that walk on the face of the earth, and to me, that’s what those people are,” the woman told CTV in 2014.
Wortman told the news station, “My heart went out to her. There’s so many ways for people to get dentures, but it seems like the people who really need them are the people who are getting left behind.”
Police have released few details about Wortman’s family and life. Authorities did say at least some of the victims were known to Wortman, but added that others appeared to have been picked at random. According to police, Wortman was armed with a firearm during the incident and used the gun, or guns, to shoot and kill some of the victims. But authorities said they are not sure whether he used any other means to kill or injure others.
A classmate’s daughter shared a photo on social media of Wortman’s high school yearbook. Next to his photo, the yearbook states, “Gabriel can be seen cruising around on one wheel on his Honda XR 5004 … Gabriel’s likes are good skiing and time spent with friends. His dislikes include cold weather and English. Gabe’s future may include being an RCMP officer.”
Bill MacCormack told CTV News his neighbor had a fondness for cars and motorcycles. MacCormack told the news station that Wortman bought multiple retired police cruisers and kept them in a yard behind his clinic. “It’s two Mountie cars,” the neighbor said. “I never asked him about it.”
https://heavy.com/news/2020/04/gabriel-wortman/
Public_Domain @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:30 pm
Thanos @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:35 pm
Just actual real-world evil erupting again to remind us it's always there, bubbling away under the surface and lurking behind a lot of eyes. There's really no other explanation needed for these things.
Public_Domain @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:25 pm
xerxes @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:30 pm
Here’s something I read on reddit so you can take that with as many grains of salt as you feel necessary:
$1:
The details of this are fucking horrible.
Here’s a message from a friend who patrols in NS. It’s direct, but you’ll get the gist.
“Got dressed as RCMP with shit he found online, took his personnal marked pc that he made himself Went to his ex's place Forced her and new boyfriend out the house and tied them to a tree, executed them. Kids ran to the neighboor, neighboor got out to see, executed him Unclear what house he set on fire but probably both houses
Then hit the road, pulled people over with his marked pc and executed the drivers
Went accross our member on the highway, shot her once, dragged her out of her car, executed her, burned his own car and stole her gear and her car and kept on the "joyride" then ditched our member's car and ran off in another vehicle”.
EDITED some details.
Further info:
“The guy went on a rampage last night through cottage country there burning houses and executing people. Executed a mom and dad in front of their children.
Burned his own house. Got in to his PC he had made at home. Drove around pulling people over and executing them.
Heidi Stevenson rams him on highway. He shoots her in the chest. Pulls her out and executes her point blank. Takes her Smith, mags and her car. Burns his car.
Ert shows up and drags her back. Leave her with gd. That’s the video that was out there.
Shoots Chad Morrison at some point. Current status is he’s alive to the best of ERT’s knowledge.
Burns heidi’s car and gets in to another vehicule. Civilian reports it. Rat actually pulls up while guys are getting gas at one station and leaves. They don’t put it together until later. The description and photos they had didn’t match him at that point.
Rat goes to another gas station and is filling up. Pds and ERT members show up. Pds ID’s him. They challenge him. He has smith out. Eats 10ish rounds.
10 plus people dead maybe more. Apparently the members were going from house to house just finding bodies. “
Here’s a message from a friend who patrols in NS. It’s direct, but you’ll get the gist.
“Got dressed as RCMP with shit he found online, took his personnal marked pc that he made himself Went to his ex's place Forced her and new boyfriend out the house and tied them to a tree, executed them. Kids ran to the neighboor, neighboor got out to see, executed him Unclear what house he set on fire but probably both houses
Then hit the road, pulled people over with his marked pc and executed the drivers
Went accross our member on the highway, shot her once, dragged her out of her car, executed her, burned his own car and stole her gear and her car and kept on the "joyride" then ditched our member's car and ran off in another vehicle”.
EDITED some details.
Further info:
“The guy went on a rampage last night through cottage country there burning houses and executing people. Executed a mom and dad in front of their children.
Burned his own house. Got in to his PC he had made at home. Drove around pulling people over and executing them.
Heidi Stevenson rams him on highway. He shoots her in the chest. Pulls her out and executes her point blank. Takes her Smith, mags and her car. Burns his car.
Ert shows up and drags her back. Leave her with gd. That’s the video that was out there.
Shoots Chad Morrison at some point. Current status is he’s alive to the best of ERT’s knowledge.
Burns heidi’s car and gets in to another vehicule. Civilian reports it. Rat actually pulls up while guys are getting gas at one station and leaves. They don’t put it together until later. The description and photos they had didn’t match him at that point.
Rat goes to another gas station and is filling up. Pds and ERT members show up. Pds ID’s him. They challenge him. He has smith out. Eats 10ish rounds.
10 plus people dead maybe more. Apparently the members were going from house to house just finding bodies. “
Martin15 @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:49 pm
xerxes xerxes:
ex's place, new boyfriend
Uh huh, not surprised.
That, and his business has probably been closed for a good
while now. Maybe long enough to be heading for bust.
So, how is it this guy can go untouched for 12 hours pulling people over,
executing them and setting stuff on fire.
For 12 hours.
xerxes @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 9:13 pm
It’s genius in an evil way. If you get pulled over by a cop, would you ever question that it was a real cop? We’re all legally allowed to call 911 and make sure that the cop who’s pulled us over is legit, but I doubt that happens with any regularity.
Thanos @ Sun Apr 19, 2020 9:30 pm
If the first hit he made was to kill the ex-wife and her new partner then it's unfortunately typical of a very angry male who's basically said to hell with it all. What's unique is that he obviously figured he had nothing to lose and decided to go, in the parlance of the filth on 4Chan-type sites, for the "high score" and do a full-scale massacre. There's a lot of really awful "men's rights" sites out there that concentrate on the "poor guy got ripped off during the divorce" and "the bitch won't let him see his kids" sort of spiels. Wait and see but, just like Eliot Rodgers and Alex Minassian got set off by hanging out with the incel idiots, this guy in NS could have been involved with some of the other sorts of really toxic bastards on the internet. Won't be surprised at all if it turns out that way.
N_Fiddledog @ Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:23 am
"Police say 16 people are dead plus the suspect after a shooting rampage across Nova Scotia in what is the deadliest shooting spree in Canadian history."
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/ ... -is-under/
Drivers arriving on scene: