22:00, April 18, 2020 (2020-04-18T22:00) – 11:26, April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19T11:26) ADT (UTC−03:00)
Attack type
Spree shooting, mass murder, arson[1]
Weapons
.223-caliber Colt LE6940 semi-automatic rifle
Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle
.40-caliber Glock 23 Gen3 pistol
9mm Ruger P89 pistol
Stolen 9mm Smith & Wesson 5946 pistol
Fire
Deaths
23 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
3
Perpetrator
Gabriel Wortman
On April 18 and 19, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at 16 locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people and injuring three others before he was shot and killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Enfield.[2][3][4]
For most of the thirteen-hour crime spree, Wortman was driving a replica RCMP cruiser and wearing an RCMP uniform. On December 4, 2020, three people, including Wortman's partner, were charged with supplying him with ammunition later used in the attacks.[5]
Police were criticized for not using Alert Ready to warn the public about the attacks, as well as not responding to reports of Wortman's behaviour and previous acts of violence. An investigation into law enforcement's response to the rampage, including the decision not to use Alert Ready, was launched.[6][7][8][9] A public inquiry into the law enforcement response was declared on July 28, 2020 following escalating criticism of the investigation's lack of transparency.[10]
The attacks are the deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history, exceeding the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, where 14 women were killed.[11] On May 1, in the wake of the attacks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, following through on a 2019 campaign promise,[12] announced an immediate ban on some 1,500 makes and models of "military-grade assault-style" weapons,[13] including two of the five guns used in the attacks.[14] The ban included the Ruger Mini-14, which Wortman obtained illegally within Canada, while the other four guns he used included a stolen pistol from an RCMP officer who he killed and three guns obtained illegally from the US.[15][16]
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^"22 victims of N.S. rampage include retirees, pregnant health care worker, veteran". CBC News. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
^McMillan, Elizabeth (December 4, 2020). "Common-law spouse among 3 charged with giving N.S. shooter ammunition". CBC News. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^Gorman, Michael (April 20, 2020). "N.S. premier not ready to question if a public alert should have been issued about gunman". CBC News. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^Tasker, John Paul (April 21, 2020). "Questions emerge about RCMP's failure to send emergency alert on gunman's rampage". CBC News. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
^Gatehouse, Jonathon (April 25, 2020). "N.S. gunman's 'advantage': Hours passed before RCMP told public he was disguised as one of them". CBC News. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
^Ankel, Sophia (May 16, 2020). "Evidence mounts that Canada's worst-ever mass shooter was a woman-hater and misogyny fuelled his killing spree that left 22 dead". Business Insider. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
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^Gillies, Rob (April 19, 2020). "16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history". AP News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
^Pinkerton, Charlie; Naumetz, Tim (May 1, 2020). "Canada bans 1,500 guns immediately, Trudeau promises a buyback program will follow". iPolitics. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^Tasker, John (May 1, 2020). "Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'assault-style' firearms – effective immediately". CBC News. Archived from the original on May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^"2 types of guns N.S. shooter used in rampage now banned in Canada". Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^"How the N.S. gunman got his weapons and who may have helped him in Maine". CBC News. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
^"New documents detail the guns — all illegally obtained — used by Canada's worst mass murderer". National Post. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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