.
BEFORE I BEGIN TO PROVIDE YOU 
WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE 
INVESTIGATION AND WHAT WE'VE 
LEARNED TO THIS POINT, I JUST 
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TODAY 
IS A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING, 
WHICH IS A DAY DEDICATED TO 
REMEMBERING AND HONOURING THOSE 
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OR 
SUFFERED INJURY OR ILLNESS ON 
THE JOB.
THE RECENT EVENTS HERE IN NOVA 
SCOTIA REMIND US THAT POLICING 
IS AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS JOB, 
AND TODAY CONSTABLE HEIDI 
STEVENSON WHO GAVE HER LIFE AND 
CONSTABLE KRAD MORRISON WHO WAS 
INJURED IN THE INCIDENT ARE BOTH
VERY MUCH ON OUR MINDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN TO 
EVERYONE WHO BRAVELY RESPONDED 
TO INTERVENE, AND TO THOSE WHO 
STOPPED TO HELP THEM.
TODAY IS ALSO A DAY TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE VICTIMS OF THIS 
TRAGIC INCIDENT, AND I WANT TO 
EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES 
TO ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE 22 
INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED 
AT THE HANDS OF A GUNMAN.
I WANT TO THANK NOVA SCOTIANS 
FOR THE SUPPORT THEY'VE SHOWN 
ALL THE FAMILIES AND TO THE 
RCMP.
HAVING PROVIDED AN ACCOUNT OF 
THE INCIDENTS THIS PAST FRIDAY, 
MY FOCUS TODAY IS TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR 
INVESTIGATION AND THE 
INFORMATION THAT WE'VE UNCOVERED
TO THIS POINT.
ANY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS A 
SIGNIFICANT ENDEAVOUR.
IN THIS CASE WE ARE DEALING WITH
22 HOMICIDES.
WE HAVE A SIZABLE MAJOR CRIME 
TEAM DEDICATED TO THE 
INVESTIGATION, AND WE HAVE 
ENGAGED SEVERAL SUPPORT 
RESOURCES.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE EXPERTS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE NOW
RECEIVING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 
FROM RCMP RESOURCES FROM ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM 
EXTERNAL AGENCIES AS WELL, 
INCLUDING THE CANADIAN ARMED 
FORCES, THE HALIFAX REGIONAL 
POLICE, AND THE CANADA BORDER 
SERVICES AGENCY.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION
FOR ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES WHO HAVE OFFERED THEIR 
ASSISTANCE AND THEIR SUPPORT.
OUR JOB NOW IS TO DETERMINE THE 
ACTIONS OF THE GUNMAN ON APRIL 
18 AND 19.
THOUGH THE GUNMAN WILL NEVER 
STAND TRIAL, WE WILL STILL HAVE 
A DUTY TO COMPLETE THIS 
INVESTIGATION BY THE SAME 
STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE IF 
HE WAS STANDING TRIAL.
AT THIS TIME, PRIORITY AREAS FOR
US ARE TO DETERMINE HOW THE 
GUNMAN OBTAINED ACCESS TO THE 
EQUIPMENT THAT HE USED AND TO 
ESTABLISH THE GUNMAN'S MOVEMENTS
BEFORE AND AFTER APRIL 18 AND 
19.
WE ALSO WANT TO DETERMINE IF 
ANYONE HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE 
GUNMAN'S PLAN, IF ANY, AND IF 
THEY HAD ASSISTED HIM IN ANY 
WAY.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON WITNESS 
INTERVIEWS, VIDEO CANVASSING, 
AND JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATIONS THAT
ALLOW US TO OBTAIN SEARCH 
WARRANTS AND RECORDS.
THIS WORK HAS ENABLED US TO GAIN
A MUCH BETTER PICTURE.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SCOPE
OF THE INVESTIGATION, TO THIS 
POINT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 
435 WITNESSES, AND AT THIS POINT
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 
HALF OF THOSE.
THERE ARE MANY MORE INTERVIEWS 
TO COME, AND WE EXPECT THE 
WITNESS LIST TO GROW.
ALSO, WE'VE COMPLETED 
APPROXIMATELY 20 LEGAL 
APPLICATIONS, AND WE HAVE 
OBTAINED AUTHORIZATIONS TO HELP 
US DETERMINE THE ACQUISITION OF 
THE EQUIPMENT AND THE GUNMAN'S 
ACTIVITIES AND MOVEMENTS.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT NOVA 
SCOTIANS HAVE RESPONDED TO OUR 
TIP LINE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S 
CALLED IN AND SPOKEN WITH AN 
INVESTIGATOR.
I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH 
INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF 
WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THAT IT
IS IMPORTANT, OR NOT, TO PLEASE 
CALL THE TOLL FREE TIP LINE AND 
SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU KNOW.
[ Speaking French ] [ Voice of 
Interpreter ].
>> AND NOW IN FRENCH.
[INDISCERNIBLE] PROVIDE 
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR 
INVESTIGATION AND WHAT WE HAVE 
LEARNED UP UNTIL NOW, I WANT TO 
POINT OUT THAT TODAY IS THE 
NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING, A DAY 
THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED TO 
HONOUR THE MEMORY OF PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES, BEEN 
INJURED OR BECOME ILL AS PART OF
DOING THEIR DUTY.
RECENT EVENTS HERE IN NOVA 
SCOTIA REMIND US THAT THE WORK 
OF A POLICE OFFICER IS 
INHERENTLY DANGEROUS.
TODAY CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON,
WHO GAVE HER LIFE TO PROTECT THE
COMMUNITY, AND CONSTABLE CHAD 
MORRISON, WHO WAS INJURED, ARE 
BOTH ON OUR MINDS.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF THOSE 
WHO BRAVELY RESPONDED TO THE 
CALL TO INTERVENE AND THOSE WHO 
ASSISTED THEM.
TODAY IS ALSO A DAY TO REMEMBER 
THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS
THAT OCCURRED ON THE 18TH AND 
19TH OF APRIL.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE 
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF 
THE 22 VICTIMS.
I WANT TO THANK NOVA SCOTIANS 
FOR THEIR SUPPORT, FOR THOSE 
FAMILIES, AND FOR THE RCMP.
LAST FRIDAY I PROVIDED AN UPDATE
ON THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, 
BUT MY GOAL TODAY IS TO UPDATE 
YOU ON OUR INVESTIGATION AND 
TELL YOU ABOUT THE INFORMATION 
WE HAVE UNCOVERED AND PUT 
TOGETHER UP UNTIL NOW.
ANY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS A 
SIGNIFICANT ENDEAVOUR.
IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE 22 
HOMICIDES TO INVESTIGATE.
WE HAVE A MAJOR CRIME TEAM THAT 
IS LEADING THIS, AND WE ARE ALSO
ACCESSING SUPPORT RESOURCES.
WE HAVE ACCESS TO EXPERTS FROM 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE CAN 
ALREADY RELY ON EXTERNAL RCMP 
RESOURCES.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE RECEIVING THE
SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL 
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE 
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE 
REGIONAL HALIFAX POLICE, AND THE
CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY 
APPRECIATION TO ALL THE 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO HAVE 
OFFERED THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT.
OUR JOB IS NOW TO FIND OUT MORE 
ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE GUNMAN 
ON APRIL 18 AND 19.
THE GUNMAN WILL NEVER STAND 
TRIAL, BUT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION 
BASED ON THE SAME STANDARDS AS 
IF HE WERE TO STAND TRIAL.
FOR NOW, OUR PRIORITY IS TO 
DETERMINE HOW THE GUNMAN WAS 
ABLE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE 
EQUIPMENT THAT HE USED AND WHAT 
HIS MOVEMENTS WERE BEFORE THE 
18TH AND 19TH, AND ALSO FIND OUT
WHETHER ANYONE ELSE WAS AWARE OF
HIS PLANS, AND IF SO, WHETHER 
THAT PERSON ASSISTED HIM IN ANY 
WAY.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON WITNESS 
INTERVIEWS, VIDEO SEQUENCES AND 
JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATIONS THAT 
WILL ALLOW US TO ACCESS RECORDS.
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING NOW 
WILL GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF 
EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE 
SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, WE 
HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED 435 
WITNESSES, AND WE HAVE 
INTERVIEWED MORE THAN HALF OF 
THEM.
THERE IS STILL MANY INTERVIEWS 
TO CONDUCT, AND WE EXPECT THE 
LIST OF WITNESSES TO GROW 
LONGER.
WE HAVE ALSO OBTAINED 20 LEGAL 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ACCESS 
DETAILS REGARDING HIS 
ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT AND THE
MOVEMENTS OF THE GUNMAN.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION 
THAT NOVA SCOTIANS HAVE USED OUR
TIP LINE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO 
CALLED INTO THE TIP LINE TO 
SPEAK TO AN INVESTIGATOR.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE 
WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THE TIP
LINE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU 
KNOW, EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT 
INFORMATION IS NOT IMPORTANT.
[ End of Interpretation ].
>> OKAY, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO 
FIRST OFF IS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS
SOME ISSUES AND ASPECTS IN AND 
AROUND THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO 
THE UNIFORM.
FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS THAT 
WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE GUNMAN 
WAS A COLLECTOR OF MANY THINGS, 
INCLUDING POLICE MEMORABILIA, 
AND HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF 
MULTIPLE PIECES OF POLICE 
UNIFORMS FROM A VARIETY OF 
AGENCIES.
MANY WITNESS INTERVIEWED HAVE 
SPOKEN OF THE GUNMAN'S INTEREST 
IN THE RCMP, WHICH DATES BACK 
SOME TIME.
WE NOW KNOW THAT ON APRIL 18 AND
19 THE GUNMAN WORE PARTS OF AN 
AUTHENTIC RCMP UNIFORM, 
INCLUDING A SHIRT AND PANTS WITH
A YELLOW STRIPE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE HAD CHANGED
CLOTHING WHILE HE TRAVELLED 
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE YET TO CONFIRM EXACTLY 
WHERE OR HOW HE OBTAINED THESE 
UNIFORM PIECES.
THERE'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF 
OUR INVESTIGATION, AND THIS WILL
TAKE SOME TIME.
WE DO KNOW THAT SURPLUS POLICE 
UNIFORMS CAN BE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC THROUGH A VARIETY OF 
MEANS, WHICH INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
SURPLUS STORES, AUCTIONS AND 
ON-LINE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE CAR, I'D 
LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME ISSUES IN 
AND AROUND THE POLICE VEHICLE.
WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH OUR 
INVESTIGATION THAT THE GUNMAN'S 
COLLECTION OF POLICE MEMORABILIA
INCLUDED THAT OF POLICE CARS.
THIS WAS WIDELY KNOWN.
HE DIDN'T HIDE THAT FACT, THAT 
HE HAD CARS OR MEMORABILIA FROM 
PEOPLE THAT KNEW HIM.
HOWEVER, AT THIS STAGE OF THE 
INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE NOT 
UNCOVERED ANY INFORMATION THAT 
THE POLICE HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT HE
HAD POSSESSED THESE VEHICLES OR 
THAT HE HAD POSSESSED A REPLICA 
POLICE VEHICLE.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE DETERMINED 
THAT ALL FOUR POLICE CARS WERE 
FORMER POLICE MODELS, AND THE 
GUNMAN HAD ACQUIRED THEM THROUGH
AUCTIONS WITHIN THE PAST FEW 
YEARS.
WITH REGARD TO THE REPLICATED 
POLICE VEHICLE THAT HE USED ON 
APRIL 18 AND 19, WE BELIEVE THAT
HE OBTAINED THAT VEHICLE IN THE 
FALL OF 2019.
IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT HE 
OUTFITTED IT WITH THE LIGHT BAR 
AND THE DECALS.
HOW HE OBTAINED THESE DECALS AND
HOW THEY WERE PRODUCED IS AN 
INVESTIGATIVE DETAIL THAT I 
CAN'T GET INTO, OTHER THAN TO 
SAY THAT WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN 
THIS AREA OF THE INVESTIGATION.
[ Speaking French ] [ Voice of 
Interpreter ].
>> FIRST THE UNIFORM.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 
THE UNIFORM.
BASED ON WITNESS STATEMENTS, WE 
LEARNED THAT THE GUNMAN 
COLLECTED A NUMBER OF ITEMS 
INVOLVING POLICE MEMORABILIA, AS
WELL AS MULTIPLE POLICE 
UNIFORMS.
A NUMBER OF WITNESSES WE 
INTERVIEWED TALKED ABOUT HIS 
INTEREST IN THE RCMP THAT DATED 
BACK QUITE SOME TIME.
WE DETERMINED THAT THE 18TH AND 
19TH OF APRIL THE GUNMAN WAS 
WEARING PARTS OF AN AUTHENTIC 
UNIFORM, INCLUDING A SHIRT AND 
PANTS WITH A YELLOW STRIPE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE CHANGED 
CLOTHING WHEN HE MOVED FROM ONE 
COMMUNITY TO ANOTHER.
WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO 
CONFIRM WHERE OR HOW HE WAS ABLE
TO ACQUIRE THESE ITEMS.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
INVESTIGATION, AND THAT WILL 
TAKE TIME.
WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC CAN 
ACQUIRE SURPLUS ITEMS THROUGH 
VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING SURPLUS
STORES, AUCTIONS AND SOME 
WEBSITES.
VEHICLE.
I'D NOW LIKE TO ADDRESS THE 
POLICE VEHICLE.
IN THE COURSE OF OUR 
INVESTIGATION, WE CONFIRMED THAT
THE GUNMAN'S COLLECTION INCLUDED
A NUMBER OF POLICE VEHICLES AND 
THAT THIS WAS WIDELY KNOWN.
HE NEVER HID THE FACT FROM 
PEOPLE THAT HE HAD HE'S 
VEHICLES, FROM PEOPLE HE KNEW.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY 
INFORMATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US 
TO BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE HAD 
KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE VEHICLES OR 
THE REPLICA.
THE INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED 
THAT ALL FOUR VEHICLES WERE 
FORMER MODELS OF POLICE CRUISERS
AND THAT HE HAD OBTAINED THEM IN
AUCTIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WITH RESPECT TO THE REPLICA 
POLICE VEHICLE THAT HE USED ON 
THE 18TH AND 19TH OF APRIL, WE 
BELIEVE THAT HE OBTAINED IT IN 
THE FALL OF 2019 AND THAT IT WAS
AT THAT TIME THAT HE EQUIPPED IT
WITH A LIGHT BAR AND DECALS.
AS TO HOW HE ACQUIRED THE DECALS
AND THE LIGHT BAR, I'M NOT ABLE 
TO DISCUSS THIS AT THAT TIME.
THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS
THAT WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN 
THAT REGARD.
[ End of Interpretation ].
>> SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS
TAKE YOU THROUGH A MORE DETAILED
ACCOUNT OF THE GUNMAN'S 
MOVEMENTS ON APRIL 18 AND 19.
THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN 
ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE EFFORTS 
OF OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS.
AT THIS POINT IN OUR 
INVESTIGATION THIS IS WHAT WE 
BELIEVE.
IF WE CAN GET YOU TO REFER TO 
THE FIRST IMAGE.
SO AFTER RECEIVING THE FIRST 911
JUST AFTER 10:00, OFFICERS 
ARRIVED IN THE PORTAPIQUE AREA 
AROUND 10:26 IN THE EVENING.
THIS INFORMATION GATHERED SINCE 
THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED LEAD US 
TO BELIEVE THAT THE GUNMAN HAD 
ACTUALLY LEFT THE PORTAPIQUE 
AREA THROUGH A FIELD AT 
APPROXIMATELY 10:35.
IF YOU NOTE THERE ON THE IMAGE 
THAT I HAVE PROVIDED, THERE WAS 
A WITNESS THAT SAW A VEHICLE 
THAT WAS TRAVELLING THROUGH A 
FIELD WHICH WAS NOT VERY COMMON,
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE 
ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE,
THROUGH VIDEO EVIDENCE, THAT THE
GUNMAN HAD ACTUALLY TRAVELLED A 
DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 26 
KILOMETRES WHERE HE ACTUALLY 
ENTERED INTO AN AREA IN DEBERK, 
AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
HE ARRIVED AT THAT LOCATION AT 
11:12 IN THE EVENING.
IT'S OF GREAT INTEREST TO US 
WHAT THE SUSPECT OR THE GUNMAN 
HAD DONE AT THAT LOCATION.
WE DO KNOW THAT HE SPENT THE 
EVENING THERE.
WE'VE SEARCHED THAT AREA 
THOROUGHLY, BUT WE ARE MAKING A 
PLEA TO ANYONE IN THAT AREA IF 
THEY HAD SEEN ANYTHING 
SUSPICIOUS, TO PLEASE CONTACT 
THE POLICE.
WE HAVE OBTAINED VIDEO EVIDENCE 
THAT SHOWS THAT THE SUSPECT HAD 
LEFT THE AREA AT 5:43 IN THE 
MORNING, TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND 
ON HIGHWAY 4 ON HIS WAY TO 
WENTWORTH.
THAT DISTANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 
44 KILOMETRES.
OTHER VIDEO EVIDENCE OBTAINED 
SHOWS THAT THE MOCK POLICE 
VEHICLE IS DRIVING BY A 
RESIDENCE VERY CLOSE TO THE 
LOCATION WHERE THE GUNMAN HAD 
ACTUALLY KILLED TWO MALES AND A 
FEMALE, AND THAT HAPPENED AT 
6:29 IN THE MORNING.
VIDEO EVIDENCE ALSO SHOWS THAT 
THE GUNMAN HAD LEFT THE AREA AT 
9:23.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE VICTIMS WERE
KILLED SHORTLY AFTER THE GUNMAN 
ARRIVED, MORE THAN THREE HOURS 
BEFORE THAT TIME.
AND IT WAS NEAR THAT TIME THAT 
THE GUNMAN HAD ACTUALLY SET FIRE
TO THE RESIDENCE.
AND IT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE 
VIDEO IN THE AREA.
THE GUNMAN THEN TRAVELLED SOUTH 
ON HUNTER ROAD TOWARDS HIGHWAY 4
FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 
14.5 KILOMETRES, WHERE HE 
ENCOUNTERED A FEMALE IN AND 
AROUND THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 4 AND
HIGHWAY 224 AT AROUND 9:48 IN 
THE MORNING.
HE CONTINUED THROUGH THAT AREA, 
FROM GLENHOME TOWARDS DEBERT, 
AND AS I MENTIONED LAST FRIDAY, 
THIS WAS THE LOCATION WHERE WE 
SEE THE 911 CALL ABOUT A MALE 
KNOWN TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT 
RESIDENCE WHO WAS DRIVING AN 
RCMP REPLICA VEHICLE AND WEARING
A UNIFORM.
THAT CALL WAS RECEIVED AT 9:48 
IN THE MORNING, AND THAT WAS 
WITHIN THE 2900 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY
4 IN DEBERT.
THE GUNMAN LEFT THE AREA, AND HE
DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH 
THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT RESIDENCE.
SO HE LEFT THE RESIDENCE 
NORTHBOUND IN THE SAME DIRECTION
THAT HE HAD COME FROM ON HIGHWAY
4, AND AT APPROXIMATELY -- AT 
AROUND 10:08, WE ALSO SEE THIS 
VEHICLE -- OR THE GUNMAN'S 
VEHICLE, SORRY, JUST BEFORE 
10:00, TRAVELLING THROUGH 
TOWARDS THE DEBERT AREA.
IT WAS AT THAT POINT, AROUND 
10:08, WHEN WE RECEIVED 
ADDITIONAL CALLS THAT THE GUNMAN
WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER INCIDENT
RIGHT NEAR THE AREA THAT I 
DESCRIBED BEFORE, WHERE THE 
GUNMAN HAD SPENT THE EVENING 
PREVIOUSLY.
[ Speaking French ] [ Voice of 
Interpreter ].
>> THE GUNMAN'S MOVEMENTS.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO GIVE YOU 
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE GUNMAN'S 
MOVEMENTS ON APRIL 18 AND 19.
THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED 
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR 
INVESTIGATORS.
AT THIS POINT IN THE 
INVESTIGATION, THIS IS WHAT WE 
BELIEVE.
AFTER THE FIRST 911 CALL, AT 
10:01 P.M., OFFICERS ARRIVED ON 
THE SITE IN PORTAPIQUE AT 10:26 
P.M.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE
COLLECTED, WE BELIEVE THAT THE 
GUNMAN LEFT PORTAPIQUE 
TRAVELLING THROUGH A FIELD AT 
10:35, AND WE CAN NOW CONFIRM 
THAT THE GUNMAN TRAVELLED 
TOWARDS DEBERT, WHICH SUGGESTED 
THAT HE WENT THERE DIRECTLY FROM
PORTAPIQUE.
THE GUNMAN THEN LEFT DEBERT AT 
5:43 A.M., AND WE HAVE DONE A 
FULL SEARCH OF THE AREA.
AND WE ARE INVITING ANYONE WHO 
MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING 
SUSPICIOUS TO CONTACT US.
FROM THE DEBERT INDUSTRIALS 
AREA, THE GUNMAN MOVED IN 
DIRECTION OF WENTWORTH.
WE HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF HIM ON
HUNTER ROAD NEAR A RESIDENCE 
WHERE HE KILLED TWO MEN AND ONE 
FEMALE.
WE BELIEVE HE ENTERED THE 
RESIDENCE, KILLED THE VICTIMS, 
AND REMAINED IN THE AREA FOR A 
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
ON THIS IMAGE YOU CAN SEE THAT 
HE LEFT THE AREA AT 9:35 AND 
TOOK HUNTER ROAD IN THE SAME 
DIRECTION FROM WHICH HE HAD 
ARRIVED EARLIER.
HE THEN CONTINUED SOUTH ON 
HIGHWAY 4 AND WENT THROUGH 
WENTWORTH.
HE WAS THEN CLOSER TO THE 
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 4 AND 
224 AT 9:48, AND A 911 CALL HAS 
ALLOWED US TO CONFIRM THAT HE 
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF A HOME IN
GLENHORN BUT DID NOT ENTER THE 
HOME.
HE THEN WAS SEEN ON DEBERT ROAD 
AT 9:57.
FROM THEN, HE TRAVELLED EAST ON 
HIGHWAY 4, AND VIDEO EVIDENCE 
SHOWS THAT HE WENT THROUGH TRURO
BETWEEN 10:15 AND 10:20.
HE DID NOT STOP IN TRURO.
FROM TRURO HE THEN TOOK HIGHWAY 
2 IN THE DIRECTION OF MILLBROOK.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF HIS CAR, AND
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS PICTURE 
IN THE MEDIA.
THE GUNMAN IS TAKING OFF HIS 
VEST AND PUTTING ON DIFFERENT 
CLOTHING.
HE THEN CONTINUED SOUTH ON 
HIGHWAY 2 UNTIL HILLER.
VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOW HIM NEAR THE
BROOKFIELD ESSO STATION AT 
10:32.
THE NEXT TWO POINTS OF INTEREST 
ARE WHERE THE GUNMAN ENCOUNTERED
CHAD MORRISON AND CONSTABLE 
HEIDI STEVENSON.
AFTER THAT ENCOUNTER HE 
TRAVELLED A SHORT DISTANCE ON 
HIGHWAY 2 WHERE HE ENTERED A 
RESIDENCE CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY.
THERE HE LEFT THE SUV, SILVER 
VEHICLE THAT HE HAD BEEN 
DRIVING, AND REMOVED HIS POLICE 
UNIFORM.
AS WE MENTIONED FRIDAY, HE 
TRANSFERRED HIS WEAPONS INTO THE
VEHICLE OF THE FEMALE VICTIM.
HE LEFT THAT AREA AND CONTINUED 
ON HIGHWAY 2 TOWARDS ENFIELD, 
AND THEN WE SEE THAT HE CAME 
CLOSE TO A TOLL STOP.
HE THEN ENTERED THE IRVING BIG 
STOP.
SINCE OUR LAST PRESS CONFERENCE,
OUR INVESTIGATION HAS MADE 
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
THERE IS STILL AN INVESTIGATION 
ONGOING AT HUNTER ROAD AND IN 
PORTAPIQUE.
TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA IS STILL 
LIMITED.
MATERIALS WILL BE REQUISITIONED 
AS LONG AS THEY ARE REQUIRED.
AS I SAY, WE WERE ABLE TO 
RE-TRACE THE GUNMAN'S STEPS, 
THANKS TO VIDEO FOOTAGE AND 
WITNESSES' STATEMENTS.
THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER, 
BUT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF 
PROGRESS, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE
TIP LINE.
THANK YOU.
[ End of Interpretation ].
>> IF I CAN GET YOU TO GO BACK 
TO THE IMAGE IN DEBERT, TO 
TRURO, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SO OUR INVESTIGATION HAS 
UNCOVERED THAT FROM LEAVING THE 
DEBERT AREA AT AROUND 10:08 IN 
THE MORNING ON THE 19TH, THE 
GUNMAN THEN TRAVELLED ALONG 
PLAINS ROAD TOWARDS TRURO, 
CROSSING THROUGH ONSLOW, WHICH 
WAS A PERIOD WHERE -- AROUND 20 
KILOMETRES IN TOTAL.
WE HAVE HIM ON VIDEO AT 10:16, 
17 AND 20 CROSSING THROUGH THE 
TRURO AREA.
IT'S NOT OUR BELIEF THAT HE 
STOPPED IN TRURO AS HE MADE HIS 
WAY THROUGH THE CITY.
FROM TRURO, THE GUNMAN TRAVELLED
SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 2 FOR 
APPROXIMATELY 7 KILOMETRES.
IT WAS AT MILLBROOK AT AROUND 
10:25 IN THE MORNING.
MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO 
OF THE GUNMAN EXITING THE 
REPLICA POLICE CAR, CHANGING 
SOME OF HIS CLOTHING AT THAT 
TIME, AND THAT WAS AT ALMOST 
10:30 IN THE MORNING.
FROM MILLBROOK, WE'VE BEEN ABLE 
TO ESTABLISH THAT THE GUNMAN 
TRAVELLED FURTHER SOUTH ON 
HIGHWAY 2.
WE HAVE OBTAINED VIDEO OF HIM 
TRAVELLING DOWN ON HIGHWAY 2 
SOUTH AT 10:28 FOR A DISTANCE OF
ABOUT 6.5 KILOMETRES.
OUR NEXT PHOTO SHOWS HIM AT 
10:32, PASSING A GAS STATION IN 
THE BROOKFIELD AREA.
FROM THE BROOKFIELD AREA, THE 
GUNMAN TRAVELLED AGAIN THROUGH 
HIGHWAY 2 FOR APPROXIMATELY 22 
KILOMETRES.
IT WAS AT AROUND 10:49 WHEN HE 
SHOT AND WOUNDED CONSTABLE CHAD 
MORRISON IN THE SHUBENACADIE 
AREA, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER 
THAT, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, IS 
WHEN CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON 
ENGAGED THE GUNMAN IN THAT 
IMMEDIATE AREA.
FROM ENFIELD, THE GUNMAN THEN 
TRAVELLED DOWN HIGHWAY 224.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HE HAD 
STOPPED IN AT A RESIDENCE OF A 
PERSON HE KNEW.
HE TOOK THAT INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE 
AT THAT LOCATION, AND OF COURSE,
AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, HE 
THEN SWITCHED HIS VEHICLE 
BECAUSE HIS POLICE VEHICLE -- OR
THAT REPLICA POLICE VEHICLE HAS 
BECOME DISABLED.
HE WAS DRIVING A RED -- SORRY, A
SILVER SUV AT THE TIME.
HE CHANGED THAT SUV.
HE DISCARDED HIS POLICE 
CLOTHING, SOME OF WHICH WAS 
FOUND OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE, 
SOME OF IT WAS FOUND INSIDE THE 
VEHICLE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE HAD 
TRANSFERRED HIS FIREARMS FROM 
THE SILVER SUV TO A MAZDA 
VEHICLE THAT BELONGED TO HIS 
LAST VICTIM.
AND THEN HE PROCEEDED SOUTH ON 
224 FROM THAT LOCATION.
HE TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 22 
KILOMETRES FROM THE MILFORD 
ENFIELD AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 102, 
AND OUR LAST VIDEO THAT WE HAVE 
OF THE SUSPECT CROSSING IS AT 
11:23 WHERE WE SEE THE MAZDA 
EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND 
TRAVELLING TOWARDS THE IRVING 
BIG STOP.
SINCE THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE,
THE INVESTIGATION HAS PROGRESSED
QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
FIVE SCENES ARE STILL BEING 
HELD, ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE 
HUNTER ROAD AREA, AND THE 
REMAINDER IN THE PORTAPIQUE AREA
AS WE CONTINUE OUR 
INVESTIGATION.
ALL OTHER SCENES HAVE BEEN 
RELEASED BACK TO OWNERS OR 
FAMILY MEMBERS.
TRAFFIC IN THE PORTAPIQUE AREA 
IS STILL BEING RESTRICTED.
SCENES WILL BE HELD FOR AS LONG 
AS WE NEED THEM AS PART OF THIS 
INVESTIGATION.
AS I HAVE MENTIONED, WE HAVE 
PIECED TOGETHER THE GUNMAN'S 
MOVEMENTS THROUGH WITNESS 
STATEMENTS AND VIDEO CANVASS.
THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE WORK TO 
DO IN THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT 
WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS 
TO DATE.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO ASK ANYONE 
WITH INFORMATION TO PLEASE CALL 
THE RCMP TIP LINE AT 
1-833-570-0121.
AND BEFORE MAYBE WE TAKE SOME 
QUESTIONS, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO 
CLARIFY SOME INFORMATION AND 
SOME QUESTIONS THAT AROSE FROM 
MY LAST CONFERENCE, ON LAST 
FRIDAY, AND IT WAS A COMMENT 
THAT I MADE WITH RESPECT TO A 
QUESTION ABOUT THE ASSAULT ON 
THE COMMON-LAW SPOUSE OF THE 
GUNMAN, AND I HAD DESCRIBED THAT
AS IT'S UNDER A NUMBER OF 
POSSIBILITIES AS TO WHETHER OR 
NOT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 
SOMETHING THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT
INCIDENT, AND I THINK I USED THE
WORD "CATALYST". 
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT MY 
MEANING OF THAT WORD CATALYST 
WAS THAT IT WAS THE FIRST 
SIGNIFICANT ASSAULT THROUGH THE 
COURSE OF THE EVENTS THAT 
UNFOLDED THAT EVENING.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYONE 
WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT THE 
VICTIM OF THAT ASSAULT HAD 
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GUNMAN 
CONTINUING ON WITH HIS RAMPAGE.
THE WORDING "CATALYST" WAS USED 
TO EXPRESS THAT THAT WAS THE 
FIRST VICTIM IN THE SERIES OF 
VERY HORRIFIC EVENTS, AND I WANT
TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN IS INTOLERABLE.
IT'S REALLY.
IT EXISTS, AND I DON'T WANT TO 
BE MISUNDERSTOOD, THAT THE 
VICTIM HAD ANY BLAME IN RELATION
TO WHAT HAD OCCURRED OR 
TRANSPIRED ON THOSE AWFUL DAYS.
IF YOU WANT TO START WITH OUR 
QUESTIONS, THEN.
>> THANK YOU.
[ Speaking French ] [ Voice of 
Interpreter ].
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE
CLARIFICATION BEFORE ANSWERING 
QUESTIONS.
I WAS ASKED WHETHER THE ASSAULT 
AND THE FLIGHT OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
WAS A CATALYST IN WHAT OCCURRED 
AFTERWARDS.
THESE WERE NOT THE ONLY FACTORS 
INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT.
I USED THE WORD "CATALYST" TO 
GIVE PEOPLE A MORE CLEAR IMAGE 
OF THE POTENTIAL CAUSE.
SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW 
EXACTLY WHAT FACTORS WERE 
IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW THAT GENDER-BASED 
VIOLENCE EXISTS, AND WE ARE 
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT
IT.
AS A CATALYST, I'M SAYING REALLY
THAT THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST IN 
A SERIES OF EVENTS.
IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE, BUT IT WAS
SIMPLY THE FIRST EVENT IN THE 
SEQUENCE THAT FOLLOWED.
WE WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR 
QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU 
TO KEEP TO ONE QUESTION AND ONE 
FOLLOW-UP.
[ End of Interpretation ].
LIMIT YOURSELF TO ONE QUESTION 
AND ONE FOLLOW-UP, PLEASE.
WE WILL GO TO THE PHONE LINES 
NOW FOR QUESTIONS.
OPERATOR, YOU MAY GO AHEAD.
>> Operator: THANK YOU, MERCI.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS TIME
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM CARLA
HOUNSELL WITH CBC NATIONAL NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HELLO, 
SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR 
THIS INFORMATION TODAY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHY YOUR
OFFICERS WERE ON THE ROAD DURING
THIS COURSE OF EVENTS ALONE.
IT SEEMS THAT CERTAINLY BY THE 
TIME CONSTABLE STEVENSON AND 
MORRISON WERE PLANNING TO MEET 
UP IT WAS -- YOU HAD SOME CLEAR 
IDEA OF WHAT YOU WERE 
POTENTIALLY FACING HERE, SO 
WE'RE WONDERING WHY YOUR 
OFFICERS HAD NOT DOUBLED UP OR 
PARTNERED UP AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY, WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR 
QUESTION.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT ALL 
OF OUR OFFICERS WEREN'T ALONE.
WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR POLICE 
VEHICLES WHICH HAVE SINGLE 
OFFICERS WITHIN THEM, AND THEN 
WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WOULD HAVE 
WHAT WE WOULD CALL A TWO-PERSON 
CAR.
I CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THERE 
WERE SEVERAL OTHER RESOURCES IN 
THE AREA WHERE THERE WERE MORE 
THAN ONE TACTICAL RESOURCE IN 
VEHICLES AS WELL.
OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS IN SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS IS THAT OUR OPERATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE IS 
COORDINATING WITH THE CRITICAL 
INCIDENT COMMANDER, AND WE'RE --
AS WE KNOW INFORMATION, WE WILL 
ALSO SET UP PERIMETERS IN THE 
AREA.
ALL THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE OUT
THERE WERE NEEDED WITHIN CERTAIN
AREAS.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, NOT ALL OF OUR
UNITS WERE MANNED BY ONE POLICE 
OFFICER.
>> Reporter: I'M ALSO WONDERING 
WHAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE 
ROLE OF THE CBSA THAT YOU 
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF 
YOUR COMMENTS.
>> SO I CAN'T GET INTO EXACTLY 
WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT I HAD 
ANSWERED A QUESTION LAST FRIDAY 
WITH RESPECT TO THE ORIGIN OF 
SOME OF THE WEAPONS THAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ORIGINS FROM 
WITHIN THIS COUNTRY AND ALSO 
OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY, SO OF 
COURSE OBVIOUSLY FOR ANYTHING 
THAT WOULD DEAL WITH ANYTHING 
THAT CAME IN FROM ANOTHER 
COUNTRY, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE 
COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE, AND 
WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK 
COLLABORATIVELY WITH CBSA ON 
THAT FRONT.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM SHYLA 
LUCK WITH CBC NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
SUPERINTENDENT.
YOU HAVE SAID THAT A FULL REVIEW
IS DONE AFTER EVERY CRITICAL 
INCIDENT.
I'M WONDERING WHAT CAN YOU TELL 
US ABOUT WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS 
REVIEW.
IS THERE ANYONE EXTERNAL TO THE 
RCMP PLAYING A ROLE THERE?
AND WILL IT EVENTUALLY BE HANDED
OVER TO ANYONE ELSE?
>> OKAY, SO I MEAN, THERE'S 
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT 
EXTERNAL REVIEW -- SO FOR 
EXAMPLE, A CRITICAL INCIDENT 
THAT INVOLVES SERIOUS INJURY OR 
DEATH OF ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, 
ESDC WILL DO AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION OF THAT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AS WELL, 
WHEN THERE'S A POLICE-INVOLVED 
SERIOUS INJURY OR A DEATH TO AN 
INDIVIDUAL, THERE'S AN 
INDEPENDENT BODY THAT WILL COME 
IN, IN THIS CASE IN NOVA SCOTIA 
IT'S SIRT.
THEY WILL ALSO DO AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION OF THOSE 
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THAT 
EVENT.
SPECIFIC TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS, 
WE DEBRIEF ALL CRITICAL 
INCIDENTS IN THE RCMP.
THE CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMANDERS
WILL DO A DEBRIEFING POST THE 
CRITICAL INCIDENT, AS WELL AS 
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFINGS 
THAT ARE DONE.
ANY MAJOR EVENTS IN THE RCMP 
THAT UNFOLDS WHERE THERE'S 
QUESTIONS ASKED, I CAN GUARANTEE
YOU THIS ORGANIZATION IS VERY 
ALIVE TO AND ACTUALLY EXERCISES 
INTERNAL REVIEWS, AND THEN AT 
TIMES IF IT'S WARRANTED EXTERNAL
REVIEWS WILL BE DONE AS WELL.
THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT -- 
AND I'VE NOTICED THIS IN THE 
MEDIA, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT AS
WELL, PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR 
INQUIRIES.
THAT IS ANOTHER FORM OF AN 
EXTERNAL REVIEW.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, THESE 
MECHANISMS CAN TAKE PLACE TO 
LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED 
AND TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT 
ROLES EVERY PERSON PLAYED, THE 
DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, AND 
OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
AND SECONDLY, CAN YOU TELL US 
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAVE YOU 
FOUND AT THE SHOOTER'S DARTMOUTH
PROPERTIES, HIS HOME AND HIS 
BUSINESS?
>> WELL, I CAN CONFIRM THAT 
WE'VE SEARCHED HIS HOME AND 
BUSINESS IN THE DARTMOUTH AREA.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO 
SPECIFICATION, BUT IT DOES 
APPEAR THAT THE GUNMAN HAD -- I 
WOULDN'T SAY VACATED THE 
PROPERTY, BUT HE HAD LEFT THE 
DARTMOUTH AREA FOR A PERIOD OF 
TIME, AND IT APPEARED AS IF HE 
WAS MAINLY USING THE PORTAPIQUE 
RESIDENCE AS HIS PERMANENT 
ADDRESS OR HIS MORE FREQUENTED 
ADDRESS AT THAT TIME.
BUT I CAN'T GET INTO 
SPECIFICATION IN TERMS OF WHAT 
WE FOUND.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM TODD 
BATTIS WITH CTV NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, SUPERINTENDENT,
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL US
WHETHER INVESTIGATORS HAVE HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE 
VICTIM OF THAT INITIAL ASSAULT 
AND WHAT THAT PERSON HAS BEEN 
ABLE TO SUPPLY RCMP IN TERMS OF 
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> YES, I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE 
HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
IN FACT, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF 
OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERVIEW THAT 
CRITICAL WITNESS.
WE INTEND ON CONDUCTING FURTHER 
INTERVIEWS.
I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD 
APPRECIATE THAT GIVEN THE 
CLOSENESS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL 
HAD TO THE GUNMAN, SHE IS A 
CRITICAL WITNESS, AND IT WILL 
TAKE SOME TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR TIME 
WITH HER.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
THAT SHE KNOWS, AND AGAIN, LIKE 
ANY WITNESS, SOMETIMES THE 
PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT 
INDIVIDUALS THINK ARE TOO SMALL,
WELL, OUR INTENTION IS TO BE 
ABLE TO GET EVERY PIECE OF 
INFORMATION FROM HER SO THAT IT 
WILL ASSIST US IN OUR 
INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: AND JUST A 
FOLLOW-UP, IF I MAY.
HAVE INVESTIGATORS SPOKEN WITH 
ANYONE IN THE UNITED STATES?
>> I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE, 
YES.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM STUART
PEDDLE WITH THE CHRONICLE 
HERALD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: I'M WONDERING ABOUT
THE EXPLOSIONS THAT WITNESSES 
HAD REPORTED, AND WE HAD HEARD 
RUMOURS THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN 
ARMED WITH GRENADES.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN OR 
PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT 
WHETHER HE HAD EXPLOSIVES.
>> SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS 
UNFORTUNATELY GIVEN THE STATE OF
THE GUNMAN'S RESIDENCE, OUR 
ABILITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL 
THE EVIDENCE FROM THAT LOCATION 
IS LIMITED DUE TO THE DAMAGE, 
BUT WE HAVE OBTAINED STATEMENTS 
FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT KNEW THE 
GUNMAN, AND THERE IS INFORMATION
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH PART OF 
YOUR QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF EXPLOSION, SOME OF 
THE WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE 
THAT THE GUNMAN HAD PURCHASED 
SOME AMMUNITION OR HAD POSSESSED
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 
AMMUNITION, AND AS THOSE 
RESIDENCES WERE BURNING, SOME OF
THAT AMMUNITION WAS MORE THAN 
LIKELY IGNITING AND POTENTIALLY 
EXPLODING.
SO THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE 
REASONS.
I MEAN, A FULL INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE ACTUAL ARSON OF THOSE 
RESIDENCES IS UNDER WAY.
AND WE'LL UNDERSTAND MORE AS 
THAT ANALYSIS IS DONE AND THE 
REPORTS ARE FINALIZED.
>> Reporter: MY SECOND QUESTION 
WOULD BE TO FOLLOW-UP ON A 
PREVIOUS COLLEAGUE MENTIONED YOU
HAD SPOKE WITH SOMEONE IN THE 
U.S., BUT YOU DIDN'T GO FURTHER 
THAN THAT.
>> IT'S PART OF THE ACTIVE AND 
ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND IT'S A
PIECE THAT RIGHT NOW 
UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T SHARE WITH
YOU.
>> Operator: THE NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM BRIAN HILL WITH GLOBAL 
NEWS NATIONAL.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M SORRY, MR. HILL, WE'RE 
UNABLE TO HEAR YOU AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE 
GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO 
HEAR YOU.
HEARING NO RESPONSE, WE WILL 
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTIONER, 
WHICH IS MICHAEL TUTON FROM THE 
CANADIAN PRESS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
INSPECTOR.
CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE ANY 
PRIOR HISTORY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE 
BY MR. WORTMAN AGAINST WOMEN OR 
HIS PARTNER?
ANYTHING PRIOR AND THE EXTENT OF
IT.
>> SO AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE'RE 
SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS
THE GUNMAN, AND OF COURSE WE'RE 
NOT JUST FOCUSING ON THE EVENTS 
OF APRIL 18 AND 19.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING 
BACKWARDS FROM THAT, AND WE HAVE
SPOKEN TO WITNESSES WHO HAVE 
PROVIDED INFORMATION TO US ABOUT
PRIOR ASSAULTS.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, AND AS I
MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS QUESTION, 
THE COMMON-LAW SPOUSE OF THE 
GUNMAN, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT 
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH HER 
RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE A BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
>> Reporter: AND GOING TO ASK A 
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, BUT PLEASE 
CLARIFY IF YOU MEAN DOMESTIC 
ASSAULTS.
AND IN ADDITION, CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT EVIDENCE, IF ANY THERE WAS,
FROM THE INVESTIGATION THAT 
PERHAPS MISOGYNY OR HATRED OF 
WOMEN WAS INVOLVED IN HIS 
TARGETING OF WOMEN DURING HIS 
RAMPAGE.
>> SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS 
THAT I'M NOT AWARE PERSONALLY OF
ANY INFORMATION THAT HAS COME IN
TO THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM 
SPECIFIC TO MISOGYNY OR HATRED 
TOWARDS WOMEN.
BUT WHAT I THINK I CAN PROBABLY 
DO -- AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT 
DOWNPLAYING THE FACT THAT 
SEVERAL WOMEN HAD DIED THROUGH 
THE COURSE OF THIS TRAGIC SERIES
OF EVENTS.
BUT YOU KNOW, 11 MEN DIED AND 14
WOMEN.
FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE HAD DIED, 
BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN TERMS 
OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT HE WAS 
PURPOSEFULLY TARGETING WOMEN.
IT APPEARED AS IF HE WAS JUST 
TARGETING INDIVIDUALS THAT 
EITHER HE KNEW OR INDIVIDUALS, 
FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT I DON'T
THINK ANY OF US WILL EVER 
UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND, THAT 
WHEN HE CAME ACROSS THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS THAT HE KILLED THEM.
IT'S JUST COMPLETELY SENSELESS, 
BUT I CAN CONFIRM, YOU KNOW, 
THOSE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF 11 MEN
AND 14 WOMEN.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
>> I SHOULD MAYBE STOP FOR A 
SECOND AND JUST CLARIFY THAT.
WHEN I SAY VICTIMS, I'M TALKING 
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE 
INJURED, EITHER KILLED OR 
INJURED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST FRIDAY I 
HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A 
MALE AND A FEMALE WHO WERE 
DRIVING IN A VEHICLE LEAVING THE
PORTAPIQUE AREA, AND WHEN THE 
GUNMAN HAD PULLED UP BESIDE 
THEM, HE FIRED INTO THAT 
VEHICLE.
THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED.
HE WAS WOUNDED.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT 
WERE WOUNDED, LIKE CONSTABLE 
MORRISON, AS WELL.
SO THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE 
NUMBERS.
AND IF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE 
TO ANYONE, I CAN ALSO CONFIRM 
THAT THE GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY 
KILLED PEOPLE OR SHOT AT PEOPLE 
BUT HE ALSO KILLED ANIMALS AND 
PETS THAT WERE AT THE 
RESIDENCES, OR EITHER WOUNDED 
THEM.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BRIAN 
HILL WITH GLOBAL NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, THERE.
APOLOGIES FOR GETTING 
DISCONNECTED EARLIER.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S 
ANY MORE DETAILS YOU CAN PROVIDE
US IN TERMS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO WERE TARGETED THAT THE 
SUSPECT OR THE GUNMAN KNEW, 
SPECIFICALLY OF WHY HE TARGETED 
THEM.
WE KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY OF 
PROPERTY DISPUTES.
SO WE'RE WONDERING IF YOU HAVE 
ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THE 
SPECIFIC REASONS WHY INDIVIDUALS
WERE TARGETED.
>> SO I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
FINER DETAILS OF THAT, BUT I'LL 
AGREE AND CONFIRM WITH YOU THAT 
THERE WAS CERTAINLY A FAIRLY 
SIZABLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION 
THAT THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
HAD HAD A NUMBER OF DISPUTES 
WITH THE GUNMAN OVER A CERTAIN 
PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IT APPEARS TO BE A LENGTHY 
PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM 
ASSOCIATES TO BUSINESS PARTNERS 
TO FAMILY MEMBERS.
I CAN'T REALLY PROVIDE MUCH 
DETAIL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO 
TRACE BACK TO DETERMINE WHETHER 
OR NOT THERE WAS ANY MOTIVATION,
BUT IT JUST APPEARS AS IF -- 
LIKE, IT WAS A COMPLETELY 
SENSELESS SERIES OF VERY VIOLENT
ACTS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT AS BEST WE CAN.
>> Reporter: AND JUST AS A 
FOLLOW-UP, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ALERT 
SYSTEM AND THE FACT THAT IT 
WASN'T UTILIZED BY THE RCMP.
PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED THE FACT 
THAT IT WASN'T USED.
I AM JUST WONDERING ARE THERE 
ANY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT TELL
RCMP OFFICERS IN NOVA SCOTIA 
WHEN THEY SHOULD REQUEST THAT AN
EMERGENCY ALERT BE ISSUED?
AND IF NO PROTOCOLS ARE IN 
PLACE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO 
REMEDY THAT ISSUE NOW?
>> OKAY, THANKS FOR THAT 
QUESTION.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT, AS 
I HAD MENTIONED LAST FRIDAY, 
I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR 
ALMOST 30 YEARS.
I HAVE, MYSELF, NEVER WITNESSED 
OR BEEN A PART OF A CRITICAL 
INCIDENT WHERE THE EMERGENCY 
ALERT SYSTEM WAS USED.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT 
WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY AWARE OF 
THAT ISSUE, AND WE ARE 
CONDUCTING A FULL REVIEW OF THAT
SYSTEM, AND WE ARE IN 
CONVERSATIONS WITH NOT ONLY THE 
PROVINCE BUT ALSO THE CANADIAN 
ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIEFS OF 
POLICE ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PAUL 
VIERA WITH THE "WALL STREET 
JOURNAL".
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING.
YOU SAID, OR AT LEAST I THOUGHT 
I HEARD, THAT THE SUSPECT MAY 
HAVE LEFT PORTAPIQUE DRIVING 
THROUGH THE WOODS.
DID I HEAR CORRECTLY?
IS THAT HOW -- IS THAT HOW HE 
WAS ABLE TO AVOID LAW 
ENFORCEMENT?
IS IT ESTIMATED THAT HE LEFT THE
PORTAPIQUE AREA BEFORE POLICE 
ARRIVED?
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT BASED 
ON THE CALL DETAIL RECORDS THAT 
WE HAVE THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL 
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE, IT SHOWS 
OUR FIRST UNIT ARRIVING ON THE 
SCENE AT 10:26 IN THE EVENING, 
AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE 
OBTAINED A STATEMENT FROM AN 
AREA RESIDENT THAT BELIEVES THAT
THE TIME THEY SAW A VEHICLE 
MOVING THROUGH A FIELD WAS AT 
AROUND 10:35.
SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY.
THANK YOU.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM GREG 
MERCER WITH "THE GLOBE AND 
MAIL".
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER OR 
NOT A GUNMAN RECEIVED HELP IN 
THE LEAD-UP TO THESE CRIMES.
ARE YOUR INVESTIGATORS 
INTERVIEWING FORMER RCMP 
OFFICERS ABOUT THEIR 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GUNMAN?
>> WHAT I'LL CONFIRM IS THAT 
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 
GUNMAN WAS RELATED TO RETIRED 
RCMP OFFICERS, AND WE'VE 
INTERVIEWED THOSE OFFICERS AND 
WE'RE CONTINUING THE 
INVESTIGATION.
BUT AT THIS TIME WHAT I'LL 
CONFIRM IS THAT THERE'S NO 
INDICATION THAT A FORMER MEMBER 
OF THE RCMP PROVIDED ASSISTANCE 
TO THE GUNMAN OR HAD PROVIDED 
THEM WITH ANY POLICE EQUIPMENT.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ALEXA 
McLEAN WITH GLOBAL NEWS.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
THANK YOU.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF RCMP HAVE 
DETERMINED ALL OF THE WEAPONS 
THAT WERE USED BY THE GUNMAN, 
AND IF HE HAD A FIREARM'S 
LICENSE OUTSIDE OF CANADA.
WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME 
QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT WHERE 
THESE WEAPONS CAME FROM.
DID THEY COME FROM THE BLACK 
MARKET PRIMARILY?
JUST LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE HERE 
ON THE WEAPONS USED.
>> SO IN TERMS OF THE WEAPONS 
USED, I CAN'T GET INTO THE 
DETAILS ABOUT THOSE WEAPONS, 
OUTSIDE OF THE FACT THAT AS I 
STATED ON FRIDAY THAT THE GUNMAN
WAS IN POSSESSION OF SEVERAL 
SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUNS AND TWO 
SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES.
IN TERMS OF THE CALIBRE OF 
THOSE, I CAN'T GET INTO THOSE 
DETAILS BECAUSE THE ACT -- THE 
INVESTIGATION IS STILL ACTIVE 
AND ONGOING, AND YOU'D HAVE TO 
APPRECIATE AS WELL IS THAT WE 
NEED TO BE ABLE TO, AS BEST AS 
WE CAN, ASSOCIATE THOSE WEAPONS 
THROUGH THE AMMUNITION USED TO 
THE ACTUAL VICTIMS.
SO THOSE EFFORTS ARE ONGOING.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF YOUR 
QUESTION.
THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION
WAS IN REGARDS TO THE UNITED 
STATES OR FIREARMS ACQUISITION 
CERTIFICATES.
AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION, SO UNFORTUNATELY 
I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY 
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THAT 
PIECE.
>> Reporter: AND JUST A QUICK 
FOLLOW-UP, LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS
THAT WERE PROVIDED, THERE IS 
[INDISCERNIBLE] WE NOW KNOW THAT
THE GUNMAN SPENT THE NIGHT IN 
DEBERT, SO SEVERAL HOURS BETWEEN
11:30 P.M. AND 5 A.M. IN AN 
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
JUST WONDERING WHY POLICE 
WEREN'T ABLE TO TRACK HIM THERE 
AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT 
THIS SPECIFIC AREA THAT HE 
STAYED IN IF THESE PHOTOS ARE OF
WHERE HE STAYED IN, IN DEBERT 
FOR THE NIGHT.
>> THOSE PHOTOS ARE WHERE HE 
STAYED IN IN DEBERT THAT 
EVENING.
YOU WILL NOTICE THOSE PHOTOS ARE
BOTH VERY GRAINY AND THEY ARE 
VERY DARK.
IT'S BECAUSE THOSE PHOTOS WERE 
OBTAINED WHEN IT WAS DARK 
OUTSIDE.
SO JUST AFTER 11 IN THE EVENING 
AND JUST BEFORE 6:00 IN THE 
MORNING.
THAT AREA IS -- IT'S NOT A VERY 
BUILT UP AREA.
IT'S MORE OF AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
IT'S DARK.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THAT WAS 
AN AREA THAT I WOULD SAY THE 
GUNMAN PROBABLY HAD SOME AREA 
KNOWLEDGE OF.
IN TERMS OF TRACKING THE GUNMAN,
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE 
DID WHILE HE WAS THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE 
SECRETED HIMSELF OR THAT POLICE 
CAR OR THAT REPLICA POLICE CAR.
THOSE ARE ALL PARTS OF THE 
INVESTIGATION THAT WE'RE STILL 
TRYING TO UNCOVER, AND THAT'S 
WHY I'VE ASKED FOR ANY 
INDIVIDUAL TO COME FORWARD WITH 
ANY INFORMATION IF THEY SAW 
SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, OR THEY 
KNOW OF SOMETHING.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
VICTORIA WALDEN WITH THE COAST.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, THERE.
THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
ANSWERED, BUT I AM STILL 
WONDERING KIND OF ABOUT THOSE 
KEY LOCATIONS THAT THE GUNMAN 
WENT TO.
YOU MENTIONED I BELIEVE HE WENT 
TO A LOCATION IN WENTWORTH 
TWICE, AND WE KNOW THAT HE WAS 
KIND OF OBSERVING AND THINGS 
LIKE THAT, AND CAN YOU JUST TALK
ABOUT WHY HE MAY HAVE GONE TO 
SOME LOCATION MORE THAN ONCE AS 
WELL AS SPEND MORE TIME IN 
LOCATIONS AND THEN TRAVEL MORE 
QUICKLY THROUGH OTHERS.
>> SO I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO 
CLARIFY PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUNMAN 
OBSERVING CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING 
SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT THAT YOU 
KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN 
ADD TO THAT MAYBE I CAN FULLY 
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> Reporter: NO, SORRY, I JUST 
THOUGHT YOU HAD SAID ON HIGHWAY 
4, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WHEN HE WAS
IN WENTWORTH AND HE HAD DROVE BY
ONE LOCATION THAT HE THEN 
RETURNED TO LATER.
>> OKAY.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE 
ASKING.
SO WHEN HE TRAVELLED TO THE 
WENTWORTH AREA, IT'S OUR BELIEF 
THAT THE VICTIMS OF THAT -- THE 
MURDER OF THE TWO MEN AND ONE 
WOMAN AND THE HOUSE FIRE, THEY 
WERE KNOWN, OR AT LEAST THE 
COUPLE THAT LIVED AT THAT 
RESIDENCE WERE KNOWN TO THE 
GUNMAN.
THAT FIRST IMAGE THAT IS ON THAT
SLIDE IS AN IMAGE FROM A HOUSE 
NEARBY THAT HAD A VIDEO 
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, AND I 
BELIEVE THAT IT SHOWS THE GUNMAN
PASSING BY TOWARDS THAT 
RESIDENCE WHERE THAT OFFENCE 
OCCURRED AT AROUND 6:30 IN THE 
MORNING.
THE SECOND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 
PHOTO THAT YOU SEE IS 
APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS LATER.
THAT'S FROM THE SAME RESIDENCE 
CAPTURING THE VEHICLE LEAVING 
THAT AREA.
AS I INDICATED BEFORE, IT'S OUR 
BELIEF THAT THE GUNMAN WENT TO 
THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE GUNMAN TOOK 
THE LIVES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS 
SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT THE 
GUNMAN MORE THAN LIKELY HAD 
STAYED IN THAT RESIDENCE FOR A 
PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SETTING IT
ON FIRE AND THEN LEAVING 
SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 4 FROM 
THAT LOCATION.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ELOISE
RODRIGUEZ FROM RADIO-CANADA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
[ Speaking French ] [ Voice of 
Interpreter ].
>> Reporter: CAN YOU TELL US, DO
YOU EXPECT THERE TO BE MORE 
VICTIMS?
>> (NO TRANSLATION). 
>> Reporter: CAN YOU TELL US 
WHETHER THE TOLL OF THE VICTIMS 
IS FINAL?
AND HOW MANY VICTIMS DIED 
BECAUSE OF FIRE?
>> ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
NINE INDIVIDUALS WERE KILLED BY 
FIRE, AND THE OTHERS BY GUNSHOT 
WOUND.
>> Reporter: IS THAT THE FINAL 
TOLL OF VICTIMS?
OR ARE YOU EXPECTING TO FIND 
MORE VICTIMS?
>> NO, NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE NO 
OTHER VICTIMS.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
AND IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW 
INFORMATION, WHAT CAN YOU TELL 
US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN THE GUNMAN AND THE FIRST
WOMAN WHO WAS ASSAULTED?
DO WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT 
THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HIS 
GIRLFRIEND?
>> Reporter: YES. 
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU CLARIFY IF 
THEY WERE STILL TOGETHER OR WHAT
THE NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WAS SO THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE 
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?
>> THEY WERE NEIGHBOURS.
THANK YOU.
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, PLEASE.
[ End of Interpretation ].
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
STEVE -- SORRY, CHARLES HATCH 
WITH CANADA'S NATIONAL FIREARMS 
ASSOCIATION.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HELLO, 
SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING MY QUESTION.
MANY OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN ASKED BY THE 
PREVIOUS REPORTERS.
I DO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING 
QUESTION WHICH WAS WAS THE 
MURDER IN POSSESSION OF THE 
SO-CALLED MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT
RIFLE?
[ Please Stand By ]
 OF
>> WE'RE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS
WITH THE FEED THERE.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OF COURSE THAT WAS THE LATEST
UPDATE FROM RCMP IN DARTMOUTH,
NOVA SCOTIA, THAT WAS CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT DARREN CAMPBELL
GIVING THE LATEST TIMELINE ON
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT
RAMPAGE TWO WEEKENDS AGO THERE
THAT KILLED 22 PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS THAT
WE'RE LEARNING.
WE KNOW THAT NINE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED BY FIRE BECAUSE THERE
WERE SOME HOMES THAT WERE SET
ABLAZE.
THERE WERE ALSO OTHERS, 13
OTHERS, THEY CONFIRM, WERE
KILLED BY GUNSHOT.
AND YOU HEARD THE LAST QUESTION
THERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
WEAPONS THAT THE KILLER WAS
USING.
THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT HE DID
HAVE SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUNS,
SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES BUT THE
QUESTION THERE FROM THE REPORTER
WAS WAS THERE A WEAPON THAT
COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A MILITARY
ASSAULT RIFLE.
THEY DID NOT RULE THAT OUT, THAT
HE DID HAVE A MILITARY ASSAULT
RIFLE BUT WHETHER IT WAS USED IN
THE RAMPAGE, THEY COULDN'T
CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION AT THIS
TIME.
ALSO, THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF
INFORMATION, LOT OF PIECES OF
INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THIS
PRESS CONFERENCE, IS THAT THE
SHOOTER'S GIRLFRIEND HAS BEEN A
CRITICAL WITNESS THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE INVESTIGATION.
SHE'S BEEN INTERVIEWED MULTIPLE
TIMES AND WILL BE CONTINUED TO
HAVE RCMP SPEAK WITH HER
THROUGHOUT THIS INVESTIGATION AS
THEY TRY TO GET MORE ANSWERS AND
PUT THIS PUZZLE TOGETHER OF THIS
TERRIBLE RAMPAGE THAT HAPPENED
TWO WEEKENDS AGO.
LET'S BRING IN THE CBC'S PRESTON
MULLIGAN WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
ALONG FROM HALIFAX, DOING A
GREAT JOB ON THE REPORTING,
PRESTON, THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE
TRAGIC EVENT.
LET'S START OFF WITH
SUPERINTENDENT DARREN CAMPBELL
DID FILL IN SOME OF THOSE
TIMELINE GAPS.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE
GUNMAN SPENT THE NIGHT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AS YOU HEARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT
DARREN CAMPBELL STARTED TO KIND
OF FINE TUNE THE TIMELINE.
THEY GAVE US A TIMELINE ON
FRIDAY, A FEW DAYS LATER, TODAY,
WE GET SOME FINE TUNED NUMBERS
AND TIMES OF WHERE HE WAS AND
EXACTLY HIS MOVEMENTS, ET
CETERA.
ONE THAT STUCK OUT FOR ME AND
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS GOING INTO
THIS BRIEFING WAS WHAT WAS THE
SHOOTER DOING FROM THE TIME THEY
GOT THE 911 CALL, AND THEY
RESPONDED IN PORTAPIQUE AT
10:30, 10:26 ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
UNTIL THE NEXT 911 CALL MANY,
MANY HOURS LATER, THE NEXT
MORNING, LATE IN THE MORNING IN
THE 9:30 TIME, WHAT WAS HE
DOING.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA
OF THAT.
POLICE SAY THAT HE LEFT THE
PORTAPIQUE AREA, JUST A NOTE ON
PORTAPIQUE, THERE'S ONE WAY IN
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT,
AND WE KNOW FROM THIS DEBRIEFING
NOW FROM THE RCMP THAT HE DIDN'T
USE THAT MAIN ROAD TO GET OUT OF
PORTAPIQUE, THAT HE IN FACT HAD
FOUND I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT
A TRAIL IN THE FIELD, MAYBE
THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME
FARM EQUIPMENT THAT USES THESE
TRAILS, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT HE
DROVE THROUGH A FIELD AND THAT
IS HOW HE MANAGED TO GET OUT OF
THE PORTAPIQUE AREA, PRESUMABLY
WITHOUT ANY OTHER RCMP SPOTTING
HIM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY
WERE ON-SITE.
HE LEFT PORTAPIQUE ABOUT A HALF
HOUR, 45 MINUTES AFTER POLICE
ARRIVED ON-SCENE.
FROM PORTAPIQUE, HE MADE HIS WAY
TO DEBERT JUST OUTSIDE TRURO.
IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK I'D DESCRIBE IT AS
RURAL.
YOU HEARD THE RCMP TALK ABOUT IT
AS BEING AN INDUSTRIAL, IT'S
KIND OF A COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL
AREA.
SO HE MANAGED TO FIND A SPOT IN
THAT COMMUNITY WHERE HE SPENT
THE NIGHT.
MOST OF THE NIGHT ANYWAY, THEY
KNOW THAT BY 5:40 THE NEXT
MORNING, HE WAS ON THE MOVE
AGAIN.
AND WE'RE LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION AS WELL, HANNAH,
ABOUT THE CAR THAT HE WAS
DRIVING, THE FACT THAT HE HAD
SEVERAL REPLICA RCMP VEHICLES.
THE ONE THAT HE WAS USING THE
NIGHT OF THE SHOOTINGS, HE
ACQUIRED IN OCTOBER OF 2019.
HE APPARENTLY WENT ONLINE AND
ACQUIRED THAT -- THOSE ROOF
LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE AS WELL AS
THE DECALS.
THOSE WERE PURCHASED ONLINE.
BUT THE POLICE SAID EARLIER IN
THIS NEWS CONFERENCE THAT'S ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY'RE MOST
INTERESTED IN IS HOW HE GOT
THOSE DECALS.
ANOTHER VERY INTERESTING DETAIL,
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE HEARD THIS, IS THAT THE
SHOOTER HAS RELATIVES WHO WERE
RETIRED RCMP OFFICERS AND
THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH THOSE
RETIRED RCMP OFFICERS NOW AND
THAT THEY'RE AMONG THE MANY
WITNESSES THAT POLICE ARE
TALKING TO.
WE KNOW THEY'VE GOT UP TO 435
WITNESSES IN THIS CASE ALREADY,
HALF OF WHOM POLICE MANAGED TO
SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ALREADY.
>> Hannah: AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HEARD CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT CLARIFY THERE AS
WELL IS THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID
HAVE RELATIVES, THAT THEY DIDN'T
PLAY ANY ROLE IN ASSISTING THE
SHOOTER IN THIS RAMPAGE.
>> Reporter: GOOD POINT,
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Hannah: AND HE ALSO TALKED
MORE ABOUT THE ATTACK ON HIS
GIRLFRIEND.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THE QUESTION CAME LATE IN THE
BRIEFING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP,
THE SUPERINTENDENT DARREN
CAMPBELL REFERRED TO THE WOMAN
AS HIS COMMON LAW PARTNER NEAR
THE END OF THE DEBRIEFING, HE
SAID THAT THEY LIVED -- THAT
THEY WERE NEIGHBOURS, SO THEY
WERE LED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY
DIDN'T LIVE TOGETHER.
AND THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST
VICTIM IN THIS VIOLENT ATTACK,
THAT THERE WAS WHAT THEY
REFERRED TO FRIDAY AS A SERIOUS
ASSAULT ON HIS COMMON-LAW
PARTNER, BUT THAT SHE MANAGED TO
ESCAPE, THAT SHE LEFT THE HOUSE
WHERE THEY WERE THAT EVENING,
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, AND MANAGED
TO GO TO THE WOODS AND NEARBY
WOODED AREA AND HIDE IN THE
HOODS, AND SHE STAYED IN THE
WOODS UNTIL 6:30 THE NEXT
MORNING.
THAT'S WHEN SHE EMERGED AND
THAT'S WHEN SHE BECAME THE KEY
WITNESS SUNDAY MORNING, WAS ABLE
TO TELL POLICE OFFICERS WHO HE
WAS, WHAT HE HAD, AND MORE
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT 100%
PRIVY TO, THE KIND OF
INFORMATION SHE GAVE THEM.
>> Hannah: PRESTON MULLIGAN,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT
REPORTING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
CBC'S PRESTON MULLIGAN IN
HALIFAX.
I WANT TO BRING IN NOW FORMER
RCMP OFFICER KIM WATTCENTRE INTO
THIS CONVERSATION.
SHE HAS 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
AS AN OFFICER AND HAS
INVESTIGATED HOMICIDE CASES
BEFORE.
SHE'S IN FRASER LAKE, BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
KIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU WERE LISTENING ALONG DURING
THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
WHAT WERE YOUR BIGGE
