[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator:... AS 
WELL AS THE ORDER OF EVENTS ON 
APRIL 18th AND 19th.
A BRIEF Q AND A PERIOD WILL 
FOLLOW THAT UPDATE.
[ End of Translation ]
>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AS CORPORAL CLARK HAS MENTIONED,
MY NAME IS DARREN CAMPBELL, AND 
I'M THE SUPPORT SERVICES OFFICER
FOR NOVA SCOTIA RCMP.
BEFORE I BEGIN AND PROVIDE YOU 
WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE 
INCIDENTS AS THEY UNFOLDED, I 
FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE 
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
22 INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED 
AT THE HANDS OF A GUNMAN AND 
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
TO CALL THIS A TRAGEDY WOULD BE 
AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
SOME OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR 
LIVES DID SO WHILE TRYING TO 
SAVE OTHERS.
THEY ARE TRUE HEROES.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE 
CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF THE 
FAMILIES.
THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT I WOULD 
LIKE TO ADDRESS BEFORE GOING 
THROUGH THE INCIDENTS AS THEY 
UNFOLDED, THESE INCIDENTS 
HAPPENED IN A RURAL AREA OF NOVA
SCOTIA, WHICH IS PORTAPIQUE, IN 
THE COMMUNITY OF COLCHESTER 
COUNTY.
WHICH IS IN A CENTRAL PART OF 
THE PROVINCE.
THIS IS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF 
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE
YEAR-ROUND.
THESE HOMES ARE SET BACK FROM 
THE ROADWAYS, SOME ARE OLD, 
OTHERS ARE NEWER, AND SOME ARE 
SUMMER RESIDENTS ALONG THE BAY 
OF FUNDY.
THIS IS A QUIET AND PEACEFUL 
COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR STREET
LIGHTS, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
THE RCMP IMPLEMENTS A CRITICAL 
INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE WHEN 
RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS THAT 
MAY IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY.
HIGHLY-SKILLED AND TRAINED 
OFFICERS COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM
IN ORDER TO DIRECT EMERGENCY 
PERSONNEL.
AND THE MULTIPLE SPECIALIZED 
UNITS DEPLOYED WHEN RESPONDING 
TO A COMPLAINT OR A CRITICAL 
INCIDENT.
THESE TWO ELEMENTS ARE VERY 
IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF AS I GO
THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF THESE 
INCIDENTS.
THE FOLLOWING DETAILS THAT I'LL 
BE SHARING WITH YOU HAVE BEEN 
PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE 
BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT AND FURTHER
INVESTIGATION.
AND KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED, THE 
POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO 
THE INITIAL CALL AND THE 
SUBSEQUENT CALLS, THEY DID NOT 
HAVE THE BENEFIT OR THE 
KNOWLEDGE THAT I'M ABOUT TO 
SHARE WITH YOU.
THE INITIAL COMPLAINT WAS OF A 
SHOOTING.
TO HELP EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE, 
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THREE 
CLUSTERS OF INCIDENTS.
THE FIRST CLUSTER WAS IN THE 
PORTAPIQUE AREA ON SATURDAY 
NIGHT.
ON SUNDAY, THERE WAS A SECOND 
CLUSTER.
OF INCIDENTS IN THE AREAS OF 
WENTWORTH, GLENHOLME, AND 
DEBERT.
AND THEN A THIRD AND FINAL 
CLUSTER OF INCIDENTS WERE IN THE
SHUBENACADIE AREA, AND ENFIELD.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator: AND NOW 
IN FRENCH.
BEFORE I BEGIN TO PROVIDE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENTS 
THAT OCCURRED AND THE ORDER OF 
EVENTS, I WANT TO CONVEY MY -- 
MY REGRET FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.
22 INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED 
AT THE HANDS OF THE GUNMAN, AND 
THREE WERE INJURED.
SOME LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE 
TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRUE HEROES.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY 
SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE 
ENTIRE FAMILY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TWO 
ELEMENTS BEFORE I BEGIN THE 
ORDER OF EVENTS.
THESE EVENTS OCCURRED IN RURAL 
AREAS IN NOVA SCOTIA.
PORTAPIQUE IS A COMMUNITY IN 
COLCHESTER COUNTY IN THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE PROVINCE.
THIS IS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF 
APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE ALL 
YEAR LONG.
HOUSES ARE SET BACK FROM THE 
ROAD.
SO ARE OLD.
SOME ARE MORE RECENT.
AND SOME ARE SUMMER RESIDENCES 
ON THE BAY OF FUNDY.
THIS IS A QUIET COMMUNITY WHERE 
THERE ARE NEITHER SIDEWALKS OR 
STREET LAMPS.
THE RCMP PUTS TOGETHER A 
CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMAND 
STRUCTURE IN CASES SUCH AS THIS.
AND THIS CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON 
PUBLIC SAFETY.
SKILLED OFFICERS ARE MOBILIZED 
TO DIRECT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL 
AND SPECIALIZED UNITS ARE CALLED
ON TO RESPOND.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN 
MIND AS I PRESENT THE ORDER OF 
EVENTS.
THE FOLLOWING DETAILS WERE 
COLLECTED WITH THE BENEFIT OF 
HINDSIGHT AND SOME FURTHER 
INVESTIGATION.
THE OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED TO 
THE INITIAL CALL ON 911 DID NOT 
HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE 
JUST PRESENTED.
THE INITIAL CALL INVOLVED A 
SHOOTING TO EXPLAIN THE ORDER OF
EVENTS, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 
THREE CLUSTERS OF EVENTS.
THE FIRST CLUSTER WAS IN 
PORTAPIQUE ON SATURDAY EVENING.
A SECOND CLUSTER WAS SUNDAY IN 
WENTWORTH, GLENHOLME AND DEBERT,
AND A THIRD CLUSTER INVOLVED 
SHUBENACADIE, MMILFORD, AND 
ENFIELD.
[ End of Translation ]
>> SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AS PART
OF THE INVESTIGATION IS THAT ON 
APRIL 18th, THE FIRST 911 CALL 
IS RECEIVED.
FLFS AN ASSAULT BETWEEN THE 
GUNMAN AND A PERSON KNOWN TO 
HIM.
THIS ASSAULT OCCURRED IN THE 
AREA OF PORTAPIQUE.
THE VICTIM MANAGED TO ESCAPE 
FROM THE GUNMAN, AND SHE HID 
OVERNIGHT IN THE WOODS.
FOLLOWING THIS, POLICE RECEIVED 
THEIR FIRST 911 CALL WITH A 
REPORT OF A SHOOTING AT A HOME 
IN THE AREA.
OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 10 
IN THE EVENING AND LOCATED A 
MALE THAT WAS LEAVING THE AREA 
WITH AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND.
THEY LEARNED THIS MALE WAS SHOT 
WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE.
AND THE VICTIM INDICATED THAT A 
VEHICLE HAD DRIVEN BY HIM WHILE 
HE WAS DRIVING AND THAT HE WAS 
SHOT AS THE VEHICLE WAS PASSING 
BY.
HE DID DESCRIBE HIS VEHICLE AS A
VEHICLE THAT LOOKED LIKE A 
POLICE VEHICLE.
HE ALSO INDICATED TO THE OTHER 
RESPONDING OFFICERS THAT THAT 
VEHICLE WAS DRIVING TOWARDS THE 
BEACH AND THAT THERE WAS ONE WAY
IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT.
THE OFFICERS ARRANGED FOR EMS, 
THAT'S EMERGENCY ELIMINATE 
SERVICES, TO ATTEND TO THE 
VICTIM, AND THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL.
HE HAS SURVIVED.
SEVERAL POLICE UNITS RESPONDED 
TO THE AREA, AND UPON ARRIVING, 
THEY LOCATED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO 
WERE DECEASED.
SOME OF WHICH WERE LYING IN THE 
ROADWAY.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL 
STRUCTURES THAT WERE ALREADY 
FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
IN TOTAL, THERE WERE OVER 7 
LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WERE 
FOUND DECEASED.
MANY DECEASED WERE DISCOVERED 
WHEN RESPONDING MEMBERS WERE 
CHECKING HOMES FOR VICTIMS 
AND/OR FOR SUSPECTS.
AT THIS TIME, THE POLICE BEGAN 
LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE 
SUSPECTS AS A RESULT OF THE 
INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE 
RECEIVING.
WHILE THE SITUATION WAS 
UNFOLDING, THE CRITICAL INCIDENT
PROGRAM WAS ENGAGED AND WAS 
STAGING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE 
CRITICAL INCIDENT.
DURING THIS POINT, PERIMETERS 
WERE ESTABLISHED, SPECIALIZED 
UNITS RESPONDED, WHICH INCLUDED 
POLICE DOG SERVICES, EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS, AND 
REQUESTS FOR AIR SUPPORT BY 
HELICOPTER.
THERE WAS ALSO DISPOSAL UNIT, 
CRISIS NEGOTIATORS, AND 
MEANWHILE MEDICAL RESPONSE TEAMS
FOR THE INCIDENT PACKAGE PERFORM
WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF 
TIME, WE ALSO ENGAGED 
SPECIALIZED UNITS AND RESOURCES 
FROM THE NEIGHBOURING DIVISION 
IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
OVER A LENGTHY COURSE OF TIME, 
FIRST RESPONDERS ENGAGED IN 
CLEARING RESIDENCES, SEARCHED 
FOR SUSPECTS, PROVIDED 
LIFE-SAVING MEASURES TO VICTIMS.
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS 
REMAINED ON THE LINE WITH 
WITNESSES IN THE IMMEDIATELY 
AREA FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF 
TIME.
FAIRLY EARLY IN TO OUR 
INVOLVEMENT, WE LEARNED OF A 
POSSIBLE SUSPECT AND LEARNED THE
INDIVIDUAL LIVED IN A HOME 
WITHIN THAT SAME COMMUNITY IN 
PORTAPIQUE.
THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT'S HOME AND 
GARAGES I CAN CONFIRM WERE FULLY
ENGULFED IN FLAMES AS WELL.
TWO POLICE PACKAGED FORD 
VEHICLES AS WELL AS A THIRD 
VEHICLE WAS ALSO BURNING ON THAT
POTENTIAL SUSPECT'S PROPERTY.
WE ALSO LEARNED THE GUNMAN WAS 
IN POSSESSION OF A PISTOL AND 
LONG-BARRELLED WEAPONS.
WE LEARNED THAT HE WAS ALSO 
KNOWN TO OWN SEVERAL VEHICLES 
THAT LOOKED LIKE POLICE 
VEHICLES.
OUR EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE 
SUSPECT CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER 6:30 IN THE 
MORNING OR DAY BREAK WHEN THE 
VICTIM EMERGED FROM HIDING AFTER
SHE HAD CALLED 911.
OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED, AND IT 
WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THROUGH 
THAT SIGNIFICANT KEY WITNESS, WE
CONFIRMED MORE DETAILS ABOUT 
GABRIEL WORTMAN.
THIS INCLUDED THE FACT THAT HE 
WAS IN POSSESSION OF A 
FULLY-MARKED AND EQUIPPED
REPLICA RCMP VEHICLE AND WAS 
WEARING A POLICE UNIFORM.
WE ALSO LEARNED HE WAS IN 
POSSESSION OF SEVERAL FIREARMS 
THAT INCLUDED PISTOLS AND 
LONG-BARRELLED WEAPONS.
IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT POLICE 
ISSUED A BOLO, WHICH IS A BE ON 
THE LOOKOUT FOR, THAT'S A 
BULLETIN WHICH INCLUDED A 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT AND A
VEHICLE TO ALL POLICE AGENCIES 
IN NOVA SCOTIA.
WE MAINTAINED CONTAINMENT OF THE
SCENE AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH 
FOR THE SUSPECT.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL JUST TURN 
TO THE MAP, SCPUK SEE -- AND YOU
CAN SEE ON THE MAP THE 
PINPOINTED AREA ARE RESIDENCES 
OF SOME OF OUR VICTIMS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS THAT
WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT 
PARTICULAR AREA ARE 13 DECEASED 
AND WHAT'S NOTE -- WHAT YOU 
CAN'T SEE ON THAT MAP AS WELL 
YOU CAN SEE HIGHWAY 2 JUST TO 
THE NORTH, BUT THERE'S 
PORTAPIQUE BEACH ROAD, AND 
THAT'S THE ONE MAIN ENTRY POINT 
INTO THE THE PORTAPIQUE BEACH 
AREA.
IT'S AN APPROXIMATELY 
TWO-SQUARE-MILE AREA.
IT'S HEAVILY WOODED.
AND THE ROADS ARE GRAVEL-BAILED 
ROADS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator: WHAT WE 
LEARN DURING THE INVESTIGATION 
IS THAT ON APRIL 18th, BEFORE 
THE FIRST CALL, AN ASSAULT TOOK 
PLACE BETWEEN THE GUNMAN AND A 
PERSON KNOWN TO HIM IN 
PORTAPIQUE.
THE VICTIM MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE
GUNMAN, AND HID IN THE WOODS 
DURING THE NIGHT.
FOLLOWING THAT, THE POLICE 
RECEIVED THE FIRST 911 CALL, 
WHICH WAS REPORT OF GUNSHOTS IN 
THE AREA OF PORTAPIQUE.
OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SITE AT 
10:26 P.M. AND SAW A MALE 
LEAVING WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.
HE SAID HE HAD BEEN SHOT WHILE 
HE WAS DRIVING A CAR.
THE VICTIM ALSO INDICATED A CAR 
WAS DRIVING BY HIM AS HE WAS 
DRIVING, AND THE SHOTS CAME FROM
THAT VEHICLE.
THE POLICE OFFICER IMMEDIATELY 
ASKED THE HEALTH SERVICE TO 
ATTEND TO THE VICTIM QUHOFS THEN
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND SURVIVED.
A NUMBER OF POLICE UNITS 
RESPONDED IN THAT AREA, AND WHEN
THEY ARRIVED THEY LOCATED A 
NUMBER OF DECEASED IN THE ROAD.
THEY ALSO FOUND A NUMBER OF 
STRUCTURES ENGULFED IN FIRE.
THERE WERE 7 LOCATIONS IN ALL 
WHERE DECEASED INDIVIDUALS WERE 
FOUND.
MANY CASES WERE FOUND AS 
OFFICERS WERE CHECKING HOMES TO 
FIND VICTIMS OR THE SUSPECTS.
AT THAT POINT, THE POLICE BEGAN 
LOOKING AT POSSIBLE SUSPECTS 
BAESED ON THE INFORMATION THEY 
HAD RECEIVED.
AS THE EVENTS UNFOLDED, THE 
CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM 
WAS SET UP TO TAKE CONTROL OF 
THIS CRITICAL SITUATION.
AT THAT STAGE, A PERIMETER WAS 
ESTABLISHED AND STESHLIZED UNITS
RESPONDED, INCLUDING POLICE
DOGS, A HELICOPTER FROM THE 
FOESRY MINISTRY, AS WELL AS 
NEGOTIATORS AND CRISIS 
INVESTIGATORS.
IN VERY SHORT TIME, WE WERE ABLE
TO MOBILIZE SPECIALIZED 
RESOURCES IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
NOW, THE FIRST RESPONDERS FELT 
THEY SHOULD GO TO EVERY 
RESIDENCE TO CLEAR THOSE 
RESIDENCES AND SEARCH FOR 
VICTIMS.
THEY ALSO PROVIDED LIFE-SAVING 
SUPPORT.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGENTS REMAIN
IN CONTACT WITH WITNESSES IN THE
AREA.
EARLY ON IN OUR RESPONSE, WE 
LEARNED THE IDENTITY OF A 
SUSPECT AND DISCOVERED THAT HE 
LIVED IN PORTAPIQUE.
WHEN WE ARRIVED, THE HOME AND 
GARAGE OF THE SUSPECT WERE 
COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN NAMES, 
AND THERE WERE TWO FORD VEHICLES
AS WELL AS A THIRD VEHICLE THAT 
WERE BURNING ON THE PROPERTY.
WE LEARNED THAT THE GUNMAN HAD A
PISTOL AND LONG -- LONG GUNS.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT HE HAD 
SEVERAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING VELF
THAT LOOKED LIKE POLICE 
VEHICLES.
THE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT 
CONTINUED ALL NIGHT.
AT 6:30 A.M., AT DAYBREAK, A 
VICTIM EMERGED FROM HIDING AFTER
CALLING 911.
OUR OFFICERS WERE ON SITE AND IT
WAS AT THAT POINT THAT, THANKS 
TO THIS KEY WITNESS, WE OBTAINED
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT GABRIEL 
WORTMAN.
WE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD A 
FULLY-MARKED REPLICA OF AN RCMP 
CRUISER, AS WELL AS THE FACT 
THAT HE WAS WEARING A POLICE 
UNIFORM.
ALSO, THAT HE HAD SEVERAL 
FIREARMS, INCLUDING PISTOLS AND 
LONG GUNS.
AT THAT POINT, WE ISSUED A "BE 
ON THE LOOKOUT" ALERT WITH A 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT AND 
THE VEHICLE.
AND THAT WAS SENT OUT TO ALL 
POLICE UNITS IN NOVA SCOTIA.
WE MAINTAINED THE CONTAINMENT OF
THE SCENE AND CONTINUED TO 
SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT.
NOW, ON THE MAP HERE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PLACES THAT ARE 
PINPOINTED.
COVERS 2 SQUARE-METER AREA, AND 
THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE 
FOUND 13 DECEASED.
[ End of Translation ]
>> IT'S MORE THAN 12 HOURS AFTER
OUR INITIAL ARRIVAL IN THE 
PORTAPIQUE AREA THAT WE GUN 
RECEIVING A SECOND SERIES OF 911
CALLS.
THAT WAS IN AN AREA WHICH WAS 
MORE THAN 60 KILOMETERS AWAY 
FROM THE PORTAPIQUE AREA.
OUR INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED 
THAT THE GUNMAN ATTENDED A 
RESIDENCE ON HUNTER ROAD IN THE 
GLENHOLME AREA.
AT THAT LOCATION, THE GUNMAN 
KILLED TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN.
AND HE SET THE RESIDENCE ON 
FIRE.
AT LEAST 2 OF THE VICTIMS WERE 
KNOWN TO THE GUNMAN.
THE INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED 
THAT THE GUNMAN THEN TRAVELLED 
TO A RESIDENCE OF HIGHWAY 4 IN 
THE GLENHOLME AREA.
HE HAD KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND 
WOKEN THE OCCUPANTS.
HE WAS KNOWN TO THE RESIDENTS, 
AND THEY IDENTIFIED HIM TO A 911
CALL TAKER.
THEY ALSO ADVISED HE WAS DRIVING
A POLICE VEHICLE AND CARRYING A 
LONG-BARRELLED WEAPON.
THEY DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR, 
AND THE GUNMAN LEFT.
THE GUNMAN CONTINUED SOUTHBOUND 
ON HIGHWAY 4 FROM GLENHOLME TO 
THE WENTWORTH AREA.
ALONG THE WAY HE ENCOUNTERED A 
WOMAN WHO WAS OUT WALKING, AND 
HE SHOT THE WOMAN AT THE 
ROADSIDE.
HE CONTINUED SOUTH TOWARDS 
DEBERT.
AT THAT POINT HE ENCOUNTERED TWO
OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE 
HAVING TO BE DRIVING THEIR 
VEHICLES AT THAT TIME.
THE WITNESS DESCRIBED THAT THE 
SUSPECT HAD PULLED OVER ONE OF 
THE VEHICLES AND IT SHOT ONE OF 
THE DRIVERS HE CONTINUED DRIVING
DOWN THAT SAME ROAD, HIGHWAY 4, 
AND HE ENCOUNTERED A SECOND 
VEHICLE, AND HE SHOT AND KILLED 
THAT VICTIM AT THAT LOCATION.
DURING THIS SECOND SERIES OF 
EVENTS, FROM THE TIMING OF THE 
FIRST CALL ON HUNTER ROAD TO THE
LAST INCIDENT WAS ABOUT A 
DISTANCE OF 44 KILOMETERS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, 
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SECOND 911 
CALL IS NOT ON THE SCREEN; 
HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE SOME 
TIMINGS OF THE PINPOINT OF THE 
MAP.
THE LOWER LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN 
SEE THE PORTAPIQUE AREA.
THE FIRST INCIDENT THAT WE 
BELIEVE THE GUNMAN HAD ATTENDED 
TO WAS THAT PIN AT THE TOP OF 
THE MAP, WHICH IS IN THE 
WENTWORTH AREA.
THAT'S WHERE HE KILLED THE TWO 
MALES -- THE MALE AND -- TWO 
MALES AND ONE FEMALE.
HE THEN PROCEEDED OVER TO THE 
GLENHOLME AREA, WHICH IS JUST TO
THE LEFT OF THAT, WHERE THAT 911
CALL CAME IN, AND HE DEPARTED 
THAT RESIDENCE.
SHORTLY THAT, AT 9:35, THIS WAS 
A 911 CALL FOR THE FAMILY WALKER
AS THE GUNMAN PROCEEDED DOWN TO 
THE DEBERT AREA BY 10:08.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator: MORE 
THAN 12 HOURS AFTER OUR ARRIVAL 
IN PORTAPIQUE, A SECOND SERIES 
OF 911 CALLS WERE RECEIVED.
FROM AN AREA LOCATED 60 
KILOMETERS AWAY FROM PORTAPIQUE.
OUR INVESTIGATOR DISCOVERED THAT
THE SHOOTER HAD GONE TO HUNTER 
ROAD IN GLENHOLME.
AT THAT LOCATION, THE SHOOTER 
KILLED TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN AND
SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
THE SHOOTER WAS -- AT LEAST TWO 
OF THE PEOPLE WERE KNOWN TO THE 
SHOOTER.
HE THEN WENT TO A RESIDENCE ON 
HIGHWAY 4 IN GLENHOLME.
HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND WOKE 
UP THE RESIDENCE.
THOSE RESIDENTS KNEW HIM.
THEY CONFIRMED HIS 
IDENTIFICATION AND TOLD POLICE 
THAT HE WAS DRIVING A POLICE 
VEHICLE AND HAD A LONG GUN WITH 
HIM.
THEY DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR AND
THE GUNMAN LEFT.
HE CONTINUED ON HIGHWAY 4 GOING 
SOUTH TOWARDS WENTWORTH.
ON THE ROAD, HE ENCOUNTERED A 
WOMAN WHO WAS WALKING, AND HE 
SHOT HER ON THE SIDE OF THE 
ROAD.
HE THEN CONTINUED TO DEBERT IN 
NOVA SCOTIA, AGAIN GOING SOUTH.
IT WAS THEN THAT HE ENCOUNTERED 
TWO VEHICLES.
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE 
GUTTER -- THE GUNMAN INTERCEPTED
OUT OF THE VEHICLES AND SHOT THE
INDIVIDUAL.
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON, HE 
ENCOUNTERED A SECOND VEHICLE AND
KILLED THE DRIVER.
THIS BETWEEN THE FIRST CALL AND 
WHEN THE EVENTS OCCURRED ON 
HIGHWAY 4, THIS WAS A DISTANCE 
OF 44 KILOMETERS.
AND ON THE MAP, WE CAN SEE 
PORTAPIQUE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE 
MAP, AND ON THE TOP IS HUNTER 
ROAD.
AND BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE 
BOTTOM, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF 
ABOUT 44 KILOMETERS.
[ End of Translation ]
>> THANK YOU.
SO DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, 
IT WAS BOTH CONSTABLE MORRISON 
AND CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON.
THEY WERE ON SHIFT AND WORKING 
OUT OF THE RCMP ENFIELD 
DETACHMENT ON THE MORNING OF 
APRIL 19th.
BOTH WERE COMMUNICATING ON THEIR
POLICE RADIOS WITH EACH OTHER.
AND THEY HAD ARRANGED TO MAKE A 
MEET.
CONSTABLE MORRISON WAS WAITING 
FOR CONSTABLE STEVENSON AT 
HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 224.
WHAT APPEAR TO BE A MARKED 
POLICE VEHICLE THEN APPROACHED 
CONSTABLE MORRISON.
AS THEY HAD PREARRANGED TO MEET 
AT THAT LOCATION, CONSTABLE 
MORRISON THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS
CONSTABLE STEVENSON.
THE APPROACHING POLICE VEHICLE 
WAS ACTUALLY DRIVEN BY THE 
GUNMAN.
THE GUNMAN PULLED UP BESIDE 
CONSTABLE MORRISON AND 
IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE.
CONSTABLE MORRISON RECEIVED 
SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND HE 
BEGAN TO RETREAT FROM THE AREA, 
DRIVING HIS VEHICLE AWAY FROM 
THE SCENE.
HE NOTIFIED OTHER OFFICERS AND 
DISPATCH THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT.
AND THAT HE WAS EN ROUTE TO AN 
EHS STATION FOR EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL ATTENTION.
DURING THAT TIME, CONSTABLE 
HEIDI STEVENSON WAS NEARBY, 
BELIEVED TO BE DRIVING 
NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 2 WHILE 
THE GUNMAN WAS TRAVELLING 
SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 2 AT THAT 
TIME.
AT THAT POINT, BOTH VEHICLES 
COLLIDED HEAD-ON.
CONSTABLE STEVENSON ENGAGED THE 
GUNMAN.
THE GUNMAN TOOK CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON'S LIFE.
HE ALSO TOOK CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON'S ISSUED SIDE ARM AND 
HER MAGAZINES.
A PASSERBY HAD STOPPED AND WAS 
FATALLY SHOT BY THE GUNMAN.
THE GUNMAN SAID BOTH CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON'S VEHICLE AND THE 
REPLICA POLICE VEHICLE ON FIRE.
HE LEFT THE SCENE DRIVING SOUTH 
HON HIGHWAY 224 IN THE 
PASSERBY'S VEHICLE, WHICH WAS 
DESCRIBED AS A SILVER SUV.
THE GUNMAN TRAVELLED SOUTH ON 
HIGHWAY 224 FOR A VERY SHORT 
DISTANCE WHERE HE ENTERED THE 
HOME ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY
224.
THAT HOME HAPPENED TO BE THE 
HOME OF A WOMAN KNOWN TO THE 
GUNMAN.
THE GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED THAT 
FEMALE RESIDENT.
THE GUNMAN THEN REMOVED THE 
POLICE CLOTHING HE WAS WEARING 
AT THE TIME AND TRANSFERRED HIS 
WEAPONS TO THE FEMALE VICTIM'S 
VEHICLE, WHICH WAS A RED MAZD
3.
THE GUNMAN TRAVELLED SOUTH ON 
HIGHWAY 224, COMING TO THE BIG 
STOP.
WHILE HE'S AT THE GAS PUMPS, ONE
OF OUR TACTICAL RESOURCES CAME 
TO THE GAS STATION TO REFUEL THE
VEHICLE.
WHEN THE OFFICER EXITED THE 
VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ENCOUNTER 
AND THE GUNMAN WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED BY POLICE AT 11:26 IN THE
MORNING.
THE DISTANCE THE GUNMAN HAD 
TRAVELLED FROM THE FIRST 
SHOOTING OF CONSTABLE MORRISON 
TO THE ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE AT 
THE BIG STOP WAS APPROXIMATELY 
23 KILOMETERS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THE FIRST
PIN IS THE AREA WHERE CONSTABLE 
MORRISON WAS PARKED JUST ON THE 
OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND HE 
AND CONSTABLE STEVENSON HAD BEEN
COMMUNICATING, AND WE WERE AWARE
WE WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN
A REPLICA POLICE VEHICLE.
THEY HAD DECIDED TO MEET.
AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR POLICE
OFFICERS TO MEET WHEN THEY DRIVE
IN WITH THEIR VEHICLES.
AND IT WAS THAT REPLICA VEHICLE 
THAT CONSTABLE MORRISON 
INITIALLY BELIEVED TO BE 
CONSTABLE STEVENSON, THEY HAD 
PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED TO MEET AT 
THAT LOCATION.
CONSTABLE MORRISON TRAVELLED 
NORTH FROM THAT LOCATION AND 
WHEN HE WAS RADIOING TO OFFICERS
AND DISPATCH, IT WAS CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON THAT WAS APPROACHING 
THE SCENE AS WELL AS THE SUSPECT
WAS FLEEING TOWARDS HER.
YOU CAN SEE THE DISTANCE THAT 
WAS TRAVELLED FROM THOSE TWO 
SCENES.
THE TWO OFFICER-INVOLVED 
SHOOTINGS ARE AT THE FIRST 
POINT.
THE SECOND SHOOTING OF THE 
FEMALE VICTIM WHERE THERE WAS 
THE CHANGE OF VEHICLES WAS 
FAIRLY CLOSE, AND THEN THE LAST 
POINT IS AT THE ENFIELD IRVING 
BIG STOP WHERE THE ENCOUNTER 
OCCURRED BETWEEN THE GUNMAN AND 
OUR OFFICERS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator: 
CONSTABLE STEVENSON AND MORRISON
HAD DECIDED TO MEET.
CHAD WAS WAITING FOR HEIDI AT 
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 2 
AND 224.
WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN RCMP 
VEHICLE APPROACHED CONSTABLE 
MORRISON, AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS 
CONSTABLE STEVENSON'S VEHICLE.
BECAUSE THEY HAD AGREED TO MEET 
AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
IN REALITY, IT WAS THE GUNMAN 
DRIVING THAT CAR.
HE CAME UP NEXT TO CONSTABLE 
MORRISON'S CAR AND IMMEDIATELY 
OPENED FIRE.
CONSTABLE MORRISON RECEIVED 
SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND 
RETREATED FROM THE AREA.
AND NOTIFIED OTHER OFFICERS.
AND HE MADE IT CLEAR HE HAD BEEN
WOUNDED AND WOULD GO TO AN EHS 
STATION TO RECEIVE MEDICAL 
ASSISTANCE.
DURING THAT TIME, CONSTABLE 
HEIDI STEVENSON WAS NEAR THE 
AREA.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE TWO VEHICLES
COLLIDED HEAD-ON, AND AS THE 
CONSTABLE WAS DRIVING NORTH AND 
THE GUNMAN WAS DRIVING SOUTH.
THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION 
BETWEEN CONSTABLE STEVENSON AND 
THE GUNMAN.
THE GUNMAN KILLED CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON AND THEN TOOK HER SIDE
ARM AND MAGAZINES.
A PASSERBY STOPPED ON SITE AND 
THE GUNMAN SHOT HIM DEAD, AND 
THEN SET BOTH HIS OWN REPLICA 
VEHICLE AND AND CONSTABLE 
STEVENSON ASSESS VEHICLES ON 
FIRE.
HE THEN HEADED SOUTH IN A SILVER
SUV.
HE WENT A SHORT DISTANCE ON 
HIGHWAY 224 UNTIL HE ARRIVED AT 
A RESIDENCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF 
THE ROAD.
THIS RESIDENCE BELONGED TO A 
WOMAN HE KNEW.
HE SHOT AND KILLED HER.
THE GUNMAN THEN REMOVED HIS 
POLICE AND TRANSFERRED HIS 
WEAPONS TO THE VICTIM'S CAR.
HE THEN TRAVELLED SOUTH AND 
STOPPED AT THE BIG STOP IRVING 
GAS STATION IN ENFIELD.
WHILE HE WAS AT THE PUMP, ONE OF
OUR TACTICAL OFFICERS ALSO 
STOPPED AT THE SERVICE STATION 
TO REFUEL.
COME OUT OF HIS VEHICLE, THERE 
WAS AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE 
OFFICER AND THE GUNMAN, AND THE 
GUNMAN WAS THEN SHOT AND KILLED 
BY THE OFFICER AT 11:26 A.M.
BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN THE GUNMAN
KILLED THE CONSTABLE STEVENSON.
THERE WAS A DISTANCE OF 23 
KILOMETERS COVERED.
THESE INCIDENTS WERE COMPLICATED
BY THE FACT THAT THE CRITICAL 
INCIDENCE RESPONSE TEAM HAD TO 
CHANGE ITS APPROACH VERY 
QUICKLY.
AND WE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH 
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THESE 
EVENTS TO PLEASE COMMUNICATE 
WITH THE RCMP.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A 
PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS, ANY OTHER 
PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT COULD 
HELP US.
>>>  ALL INFORMATION IS 
IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT.
EVEN IF IT MAY NOT SEEM TO BE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, WE 
WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT.
ANY PERSON WITH INFORMATION 
SHOULD CALL THE RCMP AT 
1-902-742-9495.
WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MANY 
CALLS AND WE WANT TO THANK THE 
PUBLIC FOR GETTING IN TOUCH WITH
US.
ON THE MAP HERE WE SEE THE PLACE
WHERE THE GUNMAN ENCOUNTERED 
CONSTABLE MORRISON.
 AND THE PLACE WHERE THE GUNMAN 
MET UP WITH CONSTABLE STEVENSON,
AND A BIT LOWER ON THE MAP WHERE
HE SHOT AND KILLED A WOMAN.
IT'S -- THERE WAS ONLY 23 
KILOMETERS TRAVELLED BETWEEN THE
TIME WHEN HE MET CONSTABLE AND 
THE TIME WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED THE
OFFICERS AT THE SERVICE STATION.
>> THE SITUATIONS IN THE CLUSTER
WHY CRITICAL INSTANCES ARE RAPID
LEISURE EVOLVING.
THIS INCREASED THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE INVESTIGATION OF THESE 
HORRIFIC INCIDENTS.
THE NOVA SCOTIA RCMP CONTINUED 
TO ASK FOR ANYONE WHO HAS 
INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE 
INCIDENTS TO CONTACT US, PLEASE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PHOTOS, 
VIDEOS, AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL 
THAT MAY HELP.
NO PIECE OF INFORMATION IS TOO 
SMALL.
AND IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, WE 
NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE ASK THOSE FOR INFORMATION TO 
HAVE THE RCMP TIP LICENCE AT 
1-902-720-5959.
WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED MANY 
TIPS, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO
THE PUBLIC FOR TAKING THE TIME 
TO CONTACT US.
>> WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH A 
QUESTION PERIOD.
WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF 
TO ONE QUESTION AND ONE 
FOLLOW-UP, PLEASE.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Translator: WE WILL 
NOW PROCEED WITH THE QUESTION 
PERIOD.
WE ASK YOU TO ASK ONE QUESTION 
AND ONE FOLLOW-UP ONLY.
[ End of Translation ]
>> I'LL GO TO THE PHONE LOIN FOR
QUESTIONS.
OPERATOR, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.
WE WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 
THE PHONE LINES.
[ Speaking French ]
>> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND 
YOU ARE USING A SPEAKER PHONE, 
PLEASE LIFT YOUR HEAD SET BEFORE
MAKING THE SELECTION.
[ Speaking French ]
>> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, 
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 EVEN YOUR 
TELEPHONE KEY PAD.
[ Speaking French ]
>> IF AT ANY TIME YOU WISH TO 
CANCEL A QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS 
THE POUND SIGN.
[ Speaking French ]
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS 
TIME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
[ Speaking French ]
>> THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PAUSE 
WHILE THE PARTICIPANTS LIST 
THEIR QUESTIONS.
>>>  THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
STEVE FROM REUTERS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
[ Speaking French ]
>> (Question by Media): HELLO, 
YES.
THANK YOU FOR THIS DETAILED 
PRESS CONFERENCE.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE WAY 
IT STARTED.
YOU SAID THE WHOLE THING HAD 
SORT OF STARTED THE WHOLE 
RAMPAGE, HAD GONE -- HAD STARTED
AFTER THE GUNMAN HAD ASSAULTED 
SOMEONE KNOWN TO HIM, WHO'S THEN
ESCAPED, AND I WAS WONDERING, 
COULD YOU TELL ME IS THAT A 
GIRLFRIEND OR A WIFE OR 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT THE
SAME PERSON THAT THEN CAME OUT 
OF THE WOODS AT 6:30 IN THE 
MORNING THE NEXT DAY AND GAVE 
YOU THE KEY INFORMATION?
>> THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE 
INDIVIDUAL IS A FEMALE, AND THAT
FEMALE WAS IN RELATIONSHIP OVER 
A COURSE OF A PERIOD OF TIME 
WITH THE GUNMAN.
THAT FEMALE DID ESCAPE, AND THAT
FEMALE, AS I INDICATED, HAD HID 
IN THE WOODS, AND THAT WAS ST 
SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD KEY 
INFORMATION FOR US THAT WAS 
NECESSARY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 
MORE ABOUT MR. WORTMAN AND WHAT 
HE WAS APPARENTLY IN POSSESSION 
OF AT THAT TIME.
>> OKAY.
AS A FOLLOW-UP, THANK YOU.
AS A FOLLOW-UP, MY QUESTION IS 
THIS -- I DON'T WANT YOU TO 
SPECULATE, IF THERE'S A SENSE 
THAT THIS IS ASSAULT IN THE 
ESCAPE OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, WAS 
THE TRIGGER THAT SET OFF THIS 
TERRIBLE SERIES OF EVENTS?
>> OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF THE 
INVESTIGATION THAT IS A 
CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A CATALYST 
TO THIS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE OPEN TO ALL 
POSSIBILITIES, AND WE'RE NOT 
EXCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT 
THERE WAS ANY PREMEDITATED 
PLANNING ALSO INVOLVED.
AT THE TIME SAME TIME, IT'S NOT 
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT, IT'S NOT
A SIGNIFICANT ASSAULT.
THIS INDIVIDUAL FEMALE DID 
MANAGE TO ESCAPE, AND THAT COULD
VERY WELL HAVE BEEN A CATALYST 
TO START THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
DISCOUNT ANY POSSIBILITY OF ANY 
PREPLANNING AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM TODD 
BATTIS, CTV NEWS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> (Question by Media): GOOD 
MORNING, SUPERINTENDANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION 
REGARDING THE SHOOTING AT THE 
FIRE HALL IN ONSLOW.
WE KNOW SERIOUS INCIDENT 
RESPONSE TEAM IS LOOKING INTO 
THAT.
WE UNDERSTAND 2 RCMP OFFICERS 
AND WE'RE WONDERING YOU CAN 
CONFIRM THAT AND TELL US WHO THE
TARGET WAS THAT THEY WERE 
SHOOTING AT.
>> SO THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT
THAT INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY BEING
INVESTIGATED BY AN INDEPENDENT 
BODY, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL 
INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM.
WHAT I CAN DO IS PROVIDE YOU 
WITH SOME GENERAL COMMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY THINGS THAT ARE KNOWN 
TO US AND THAT CAUSED US TO 
ENGAGE SIRT IN TAKING CARRIAGE 
OF THAT PARTICULAR 
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT I THINK MAY BE HELPFUL IS 
TO PUT INTO CONTEXT THE TIMING 
OF THAT INCIDENT.
THE OFFICERS ON THE ROAD KNEW 
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A 
MARKED POLICE VEHICLE, AND IT 
WAS TWO OF OUR OTHER OFFICERS 
THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT 
INCIDENT, AND IT ALSO INVOLVED A
MARKED VEHICLE, AND I CAN'T GO 
ANY FURTHER THAN THAT, AS IT'S 
CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
>> THE FOLLOW-UP, IF I MAY, HAVE
THE TWO OFFICERS BEEN 
REPRIMANDED AT ALL?
IS THERE ANY INTERNAL 
INVESTIGATION WITHIN THE RCMP?
>> SO IN THE COURSE OF ANY OF 
THOSE TYPES OF REFERRALS TO 
SIRT, WHEN THZ A DISCHARGE OF A 
FIREARM, THERE'S ALWAYS A 
REVIEW.
THERE'S ALWAYS A REVIEW OF THE 
STATUS.
I KNOW THAT THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT
OBVIOUSLY IS PARTICULARLY 
DIFFICULT FOR EVERY NOVA
SCOTIAN.
CERTAINLY HORRIFIC FOR THE 
FAMILIES, AND IT'S ALSO A 
TRAUMATIC INCIDENT FOR ALL OF 
THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE 
POLICE OFFICERS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AMBULANCE 
ATTENDANTS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS.
OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR OFFICERS, 
AND ALSO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS GLOBAL 
HALIFAX.
>> (Question by Media): HI, 
THERE.
I'M WONDERING AT THIS POINT WHAT
WE STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION, A VERY DETAILED 
TIMELINE.
WHAT PIECES OF INFORMATION ARE 
YOU STILL LOOKING FOR?
>> WITH ANY TYPE OF CRITICAL 
INCIDENT AND HOMICIDE 
INVESTIGATION, CLEARLY WE WANT 
TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, 
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY 
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL 
RESPONSIBLE.
WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT 
THERE WAS NO OTHER INVOLVEMENT 
OR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OTHER PERSON
THAT MIGHT HAVE CONTRADICTED OR 
LED TO THIS HORRIFIC SERIES OF 
EVENTS.
SO THAT IS ALL HAPPENING IN THE 
BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE BUILDING COMPLETE 
TIMELINE BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW
AND UNDERSTAND THE EXACT AREAS 
THAT THIS -- THE GUNMAN HAD 
TAKEN.
THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE OUT 
THERE IN THOSE PLACES, SO WE'RE 
RETRACING ALL OF THE STEPS, AND 
WE'RE WORKING BACKWARDS FROM 
THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S A VERY FLUID 
INVESTIGATION.
IT IS COMPLICATED.
I'M SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN 
APPRECIATE THAT ANY SINGULAR 
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS 
COMPLICATED.
THIS IS A SERIES OF 22 HOMICIDES
OVER MORE THAN 16 LOCATIONS, SO 
IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
IT DOES TAKE TIME.
AND WE DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO 
CONFIRM ALL OF THE INFORMATION 
BEFORE WE RECEIVE THAT 
INFORMATION BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY
DON'T WANT TO INFLUENCE ANY 
POTENTIAL WITNESSES WHO WE HAVE 
YET TO INTERVIEW.
>> AND JUST A FOLLOW-UP, IF I 
MAY, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 
TIMELINE GAP IN BETWEEN THE 
FIRST IN PORTAPIQUE, THAT'S 
10:26 IN THE MORNING, AND THE 
NEXT PINS THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT 
MORNING AT 9:35 OP THOSE MAPS.
CAN YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS A 
LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THAT 
SIGNIFICANT TIMELINE GAP, WHAT 
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT?
>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT 
THE CRITICAL INCIDENT PROGRAM 
WAS FULLY, OBVIOUSLY, ENGAGED AT
THAT TIME, AND ALL THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN THAT INITIAL 
RESPONSE WITHIN THE PORTAPIQUE 
AREA, THEY WERE CONTAINING THAT 
AREA.
THEY WERE ALSO CHECKING FOR 
RESIDENTS, AND WE WERE MOVING 
RESIDENTS FROM THE SCENE.
WE WERE BUILDING UP INFORMATION 
ON ANY POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO BE ALIVE 
TO THE REALITY THAT THERE COULD 
BE MORE THAN ONE.
SO ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE
BACKGROUND, AND I CAN ENSURE 
THAT EVERYONE CAN IMAGINE WHAT 
THAT SCENE WOULD HAVE LOOKED 
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE 
VICTIMS, MULTIPLE STRUCTURE 
FIRES.
WE'RE CONTAINING THAT AREA AND 
CHECKING FOR ANY SURVIVORS AND 
STILL CHECKING FOR ANY 
WITNESSES.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT.
WE WERE ENGAGED IN ALL OF THOSE.
THAT WAS FULLY ACTIVE IN THAT 
AREA AT THE TIME.
AND OF COURSE AS YOU MENTIONED, 
THERE'S THIS SIGNIFICANT GAP IN 
TIME BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER 
SERIES OF EVENTS.
NOW OBVIOUSLY -- AND I DON'T 
LIKE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT 
THE SUSPECT HAD OBVIOUSLY MOVED 
BEYOND THE PERIMETER.
OUR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND
WE'VE UNCOVERED SOME INFORMATION
TO SUGGEST THERE WAS A VEHICLE, 
AND THIS WAS MUCH AFTER THE 
FACT.
THAT WAS SEEN LEAVING THROUGH A 
FIELD, DRIVING THROUGH A FIELD.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE 
ASSUMING -- WE DON'T LIKE TO 
ASSUME, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING THAT 
COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN THE 
SUSPECT THAT WAS LEAVING THE 
AREA.
BUT THAT INFORMATION, AS I 
UNDERSTAND IT, WAS NOT KNOWN AT 
THE TIME.
AND THEN WHAT THE SUSPECT DID 
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME 
BEFORE THE SECOND CLUSTER OF 
INCIDENTS, WE DO NOT KNOW AT 
THIS POINT.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPEALING 
TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE SOMEBODY 
MAY KNOW SOMETHING.
SOMEBODY MAY HAVE SEEN 
SOMETHING.
WE'RE COLLECTING ALL THE 
EVIDENCE AND VIDEO ALONG THE WAY
IN ORDER TO RETRACE THE STEPS.
>> THANK YOU, THE NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM HEIDI PETRACEK, CTV NEWS
ATLANTIC.
>> (Question by Media): THANK 
YOU.
SUPERINTENDANT, WE'RE WONDERING 
HOW MUCH OF A ROLE THEY WOULD 
HAVE PLAYED IN BEING ABLE TO GET
THROUGH THE PERIMETER THAT HAD 
BEEN SECURED, OR WOULD HE HAVE 
LEFT THE AREA BEFORE THAT THE 
PERIMETER WAS SECURED?
>> THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION.
WE BELIEVE THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE 
TO LEAVE THE AREA BEFORE THE 
INITIAL RESPONSE.
AND I CAN IMAGINE -- I DON'T 
THINK IT'S DIFFICULT FOR 
NONPOLICE PERSONNEL OR THE 
PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT 
WOULD OBVIOUSLY COMPLICATE 
THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN A POLICE 
OFFICER FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW,
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY MORE 
HORRIFIC SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, 
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SEARCH FOR
SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.
THE DANGERS THAT THAT CAUSES, 
THE COMPLICATIONS THAT THAT 
CAUSES.
THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS AN ADVANTAGE 
THAT THE SUSPECT HAD ON THE 
POLICE WITH THAT HE HAD ON THE 
PUBLIC, THAT HE HAD ON EVERY 
PERSON THAT HE ENCOUNTERED 
THRURET -- THROUGHOUT COURSE OF 
HIS RAMPAGE.
>> I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
I'M WONDERING, YOU HAVE REFERRED
TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE OBVIOUSLY 
SURVIVED THEIR ENCOUNTER.
YOU MENTIONED THE WOMAN WHO WAS 
IN A RELATIONSHIP, THE GENTLEMAN
WHO WAS DRIVING.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN YOU SAY 
ABOUT -- ESPECIALLY IN THE 
INCIDENT IN PORTAPIQUE, HOW MANY
PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THAT
ALIVE?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR 
YOU.
I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAINLY OTHER 
RESIDENTS THAT DID SURVIVE.
THE ONLY NUMBERS THAT I HAVE FOR
ARE THOSE THAT WERE INJURED IN 
THE PORTAPIQUE AREA, AND IN THAT
CASE THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE 
PROVIDING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
THERE COULD BE MORE, I'M NOT -- 
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE TO ME.
OF COURSE THE OTHER INJURED 
INDIVIDUAL WAS CONSTABLE 
MORRISON.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
CHRISTOPHER, NATIONAL POST.
>> (Question by Media): HI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M HERE THIS TIME.
I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE USE OF
THE POLICE CRUISER.
DID THE KILLER HAVE ACCESS TO A 
COP RADIO OR RADIO FREQUENCY?
WAS HE AWARE OF WHERE YOUR 
OPERATIONS, WHERE YOU WERE 
POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR HIM?
>> TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, 
THE SUSPECT DID NOT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A CONCERN AFT
INCIDENT OF CONSTABLE STEVENSON.
I KNOW OUR RADIO CHANNELS ARE 
ENCRYPTED HERE IN NOVA SCOTIA.
HIS ABILITY TO HAVE SOME FORM OF
RADIO AND MONITOR OUR 
COMMUNICATIONS, I DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE THAT HE 
WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
HOWEVER, THE POLICE VEHICLES ARE
FAIRLY NOTICEABLE, EVEN FROM A 
DISTANCE.
HE DID HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE OF 
KNOWING AT TIMES WHERE THE 
POLICE WORK.
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE 
INVESTIGATION, WE WERE AWARE OF 
SOME OF THE VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT 
WE'VE COLLECTED, WE DID COME 
FAIRLY CLOSE TO OUR 
INVESTIGATORS AND DID NOT ENGAGE
THEM.
>> (Question by Media): AS A 
FOLLOW-UP, I WANTED TO ENSURE I 
UNDERSTOOD.
AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT, I 
UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE WENT BACK
TO HIS HOUSE TO FIND -- OR HIS 
COTTAGE -- TO FIND IT WAS ON 
FIRE, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
OF THAT, YOU FOUND TWO 
ADDITIONAL POLICE -- MOCK POLICE
CARS THAT WERE BURNING?
SO HE HAD THREE IN TOTAL.
WHAT OTHER POLICE POTENTIAL 
EQUIPMENT DID YOU FIND AT HIS 
HOME?
I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION FIRST 
IN REELS TO THE POLICE VEHICLES.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THE WORK OF 
ALL POSSIBLE SUSPECTS, OBVIOUSLY
THE GUNMAN CAME UP AS ONE OF 
THEM.
WE WERE AWARE HE DID HAVE ACCESS
TO POLICE LOOKING FOR VEHICLES.
THROUGH THAT, IN THE BACKGROUND 
OF ALL OF THE CRITICAL INCIDENT 
RESPONSE, THERE ARE POLICE 
PERSONNEL THAT ARE DOING THE 
BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND THEY DID 
LEARN THAT THERE ARE THREE 
PLATED VEHICLES THAT ARE FORD 
TAURUS VEHICLES THAT ARE 
DETERMINED TO BE PROBABLY FORMER
POLICE VEHICLES.
AND THOSE THREE PLATED VEHICLES,
WHAT THAT SET OFF WAS THE CHAIN 
OF INQUIRY TO DETERMINE THE 
ELECTIONS OF THOSE VEHICLES.
WE KNEW THE SUSPECT ALSO HAD A 
RESIDENCE IN THE HALIFAX 
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY.
WE SENT OFFICERS TO THAT AREA AS
WELL TO CONFIRM THERE WAS ONE OF
THE FORD TAURUSES AT THAT 
LOCATION AND THERE WERE TWO THAT
WERE BURNING AT THE RESIDENCE 
IN -- AT THE SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE
IN PORTAPIQUE AREA.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE 
KNEW THAT WE HAD ACCOUNTED FOR 
THREE OF THE PLATED VEHICLES.
WE WEREN'T AWARE AT THAT 
PARTICULAR TIME, THAT HE BECAME 
KNOWN TO US LATER, THAT HE HAD A
FOURTH REGISTERED VEHICLE, AND 
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE.
THIS WAS NO PLATE ATTACHED TO 
THAT.
AND THAT WAS THE VEHICLE HE WAS 
USING DURING HIS RAMPAGE.
>>>  I KNOW YOU HAD A SECOND 
POINT TO THAT QUESTION, AND I 
APOLOGIZE.
I STARTED SPEAKING FIRST ABOUT 
THE POLICE VEHICLES.
IF YOU COULD GO WITH THAT SECOND
POINT FOR ME, PLEASE?
>> HE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE 
QUEUE.
I'M SORRY, SIR. 
>> MY APOLOGIES.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM TOM 
BATEMAN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> (Question by Media): GOOD 
MORNING.
I ACTUALLY HAD A SIMILAR 
QUESTION ABILITY THE RCMP 
VEHICLES.
WHAT AWARENESS DOES THE RCMP 
HAVE ABOUT HOW THE SHOOTER CAME 
TO ACQUIRE AND CAME TO FURNISH 
THAT VEHICLE IN THE WAY HE DID?
THE ONE THAT HE USED.
YOU SAID IT WASN'T REGISTERED.
SO -- OR WASN'T PLATED.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THAT
SITUATION?
>> SO OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE 
TRACKING DOWN EVERY POSSIBLE 
LEAD IN TERMS OF DETERMINING THE
ORIGINS OF THESE VEHICLES, ANY 
EQUIPMENT THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD 
ACCESS TO THAT LOOKED LIKE RCMP 
UNIFORMS AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF HOW COULD SOMEONE 
GET ACCESS TO, THERE'S MANY WAYS
AN INDIVIDUAL COULD ACCESS 
FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR 
EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLES.
I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN 
THERE ARE FORD TAURUS VEHICLES 
OPERATED BY EMERGENCY HEALTH 
SERVICES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY
ARE WHAT WOULD BE CALLED A 
POLICE PACKAGE RADIO.
I'M SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS 
RIDDEN IN A CAB THAT WAS ONCE A 
POLICE CAR.
SO THESE VEHICLES, ONCE THEY ARE
OUT OF SERVICE, THEY ARE OFTEN 
SOLD WITHIN -- IF IT'S FEDERAL, 
CROWN ASSETS, IF IT IS IN A 
MUNICIPALITY, I'M SURE THEY HAVE
MECHANISMS TO DISPOSE OF THAT 
EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE 
INVESTIGATION, WE'RE TRACING 
DOWN HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY 
HAVE RECEIVED THE EQUIPMENT.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE 
PINPOINTED TO WHERE WE HAVE 
OBTAINED THE LIGHT BAR FOR THE 
VEHICLE.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PART 
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
IT'S OUR BELIEF WE'VE FOUND A 
DECAL MANUFACTURER WHO PROVIDED 
THE DECAL SHEETH, WE JUST 
HAVEN'T YET DETERMINED EXACTLY 
WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO GET THOSE 
POLICE PACKAGE DECALS PRINTED.
>> THANK YOU.
AND TO FOLLOW UP, YOU MENTIONED 
IN RELATION TO THIS UNIFORM THAT
WAS AN AUTHENTIC UNIFORM, WHERE 
DID YOU GET THAT?
AND ARE ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS 
YOU MENTIONED UNDER ANY FORM OF 
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR OTHER 
INVESTIGATION?
WAS THERE WRONGDOING, I GUESS,  
IN THE ACQUISITION OF THESE 
THINGS?
>> OF COURSE WE'RE CERTAINLY 
LOOKING AT THAT ASPECT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF 
THE INVESTIGATION, AND THAT 
CONTINUES TO THIS TIME.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WITNESSES
HAVE SINCE COME FORWARD, SINCE 
THE CRITICAL INCIDENT AND THE 
HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED, 
AND THEY'VE INDICATED TO THE 
POLICE AND PROVIDED INFORMATION 
THAT THEY HAD SEEN THE SUSPECT 
RIP  WITH THE VEHICLES, THEY HAD
SEEN THE SUSPECT WITH THE MARKED
POLICE VEHICLE WELL BEFORE THIS,
AND THEY HAD SEEN THE SUSPECT 
WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES OF 
POLICE AGENCY UNIFORMS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUSPECT'S 
RESIDENCE IN THE PORTAPIQUE AREA
IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
SO SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, WE'RE 
NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
RECOVER.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, AS I'VE 
MENTIONED WHEN I WAS PROVIDING 
THE OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE, IS
THAT THE SUSPECT DID SHED THE 
UNIFORM THAT HE HAD ON AT THE 
TIME, AND THAT WAS AT THE 
SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED ON 
HIGHWAY 224, JUST BEFORE THE 
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE AT THE BIG
STOP.
WE HAVE RECOVERED THOSE PIECES, 
AND SOME OF THOSE PIECES I CAN 
TELL YOU ARE WHAT APPEAR TO BE 
DISCARDED OR OLD PIECES OF 
POLICE UNIFORM, RCMP UNIFORM, 
AND ALSO A PIECE OF UNIFORM FROM
ANOTHER AGENCY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
VICTORIA WALTON.
>> (Question by Media): HI 
THERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY QUESTION IS IN RELATION TO 
THE TYPICAL AMOUNT OF RCMP 
OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE 
PORTAPIQUE AREA.
I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY USUALLY
ARE ON DUTY ON A SATURDAY NIGHT 
OR SUNDAY MORNING AND AT WHAT 
TIME BACKUP WAS CALLED IN AND 
TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 
OFFICERS WHO WERE ON DUTY.
>> OKAY.
MY APOLOGIES.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE TO ME.
WE  WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE.
AND ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 
INFORMATION WE NORMALLY DON'T 
DISCLOSE BECAUSE WE DON'T 
NECESSARILY WANT TO NOTIFY 
INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE 
THINKING OF COMMITTING CRIMES AS
TO WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT 
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK 
THROUGH THE DISPATCH SHEETS AND 
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
PAYABLINGOR PAGES OF THEM DURING
THE COURSE OF THE ORIGINAL 
RESPONSE IN PORTAPIQUE, AND 
WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF 
TIME, MY COUNT WAS THERE ARE 
OVER 25 SEPARATE UNITS THAT HAD 
RESPONDED TO THIS AREA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM EMILY 
BARON.
>> (Question by Media): HI, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE BENEFIT 
OF HINDSIGHT.
LOOKING BACK NOW, IS THERE A 
FEELING THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE 
NOT TO UTILIZE AN EMO MESSAGE 
EARLIER IN THE NIGHT OR MORNING,
OR NOT TO UTILIZE A BETTER WAY 
OF NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC?
>> SO A FULL REVIEW IS OBVIOUSLY
DONE AFTER EVERY CRITICAL 
INCIDENT.
THAT REVIEW WILL TAKE PLACE.
HOWEVER, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS 
WITH THE CRITICAL INCIDENT 
COMMAND TEAM THAT WAS ON THE 
GROUND AT THAT TIME.
AND YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT 
THEY BELIEVED THEY HAD THAT AREA
CONTAINED.
THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY WOULD 
MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE THAT 
SUSPECT -- ONE OF A FEW 
POSSIBILITIES, SUSPECT WAS STILL
IN THE AREA, THE SUSPECT HAD 
ESCAPED, OR THE SUSPECT WAS IN 
ONE OF HIS BURNING RESIDENCES 
AND ACTUALLY COMMITTED SUICIDE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE 
BELIEVED THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO 
THREE POLICE VEHICLES, AND THERE
WERE TWO SEEKS BURNING.
POLICE VEHICLES BURNING ON HIS 
PROPERTY, AND THERE WAS A THIRD 
POLICE VEHICLE THAT WAS LOCATED 
AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HALIFAX 
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY.
SO THROUGH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMAND, YOU 
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S FLUID, IT'S
DYNAMIC, IT'S A SITUATION THAT'S
EVOLVING, AND THE CRITICAL 
INCIDENT COMMANDER CONSIDERS ALL
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BUT AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A 
LOCALIZED INCIDENT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S 
ESSENTIALLY A -- YOU KNOW, IT'S 
TWO KILOMETERS BY TWO 
KILOMETERS, SO FOUR SQUARE 
KILOMETER RADIUS THAT WAS 
HEAVILY LOCKED DOWN WITH A 
NUMBER OF RESOURCES.
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, I CAN'T
SPEAK FOR THE CRITICAL INCIDENT 
COMMANDER, BUT THAT WAS NOT A 
CONSIDERATION I UNDERSTOOD AT 
THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
>> (Question by Media): THANK 
YOU.
AND JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP FOR 
THAT, I THINK MANY PEOPLE LIKELY
UNDERSTAND THE FLUID NATURE OF 
THIS INVESTIGATION AND HOW 
THINGS WERE MOVING QUICKLY 
OVERNIGHT.
NOW LOOKING BACK, MANY FAMILY 
MEMBERS, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS, ARE
LIMITING THE FACT THEY DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND 
THERE'S SOME CRITICISM THERE.
IS THERE A FEELING THAT THE RCMP
MAY NEED TO REBUILD A BIT OF 
PUBLIC TRUST.
>> A PUBLIC TRUST IS A 
CORNERSTONE OF OUR ABILITY TO DO
OUR JOB.
THE RCMP NEEDS THAT TRUST.
AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK TO BUILD
THAT TRUST.
I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND I
EMPATHIZE AND I HEAR THE 
FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS.
WE HEAR THEM FULL FORCE.
THEY HAVE EVERY LIGHT TO ASK 
THOSE QUESTIONS.
THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE 
ANGRY.
PUBLIC TRUST AS I SAID IS SO 
IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU -- 
IS GAINED EASILY.
TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND IT'S LOST VERY EASILY.
AND I CAN SAY FROM MY EXPERIENCE
IN THIS ORGANIZATION, THE PEOPLE
THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF 
SERVING WITH, THAT ELEMENT OF 
TRUST AND RESPECT OF THE PUBLIC 
IS ALIVE IN SO MANY OF OUR 
EMPLOYEES AT EVERY CATEGORY AND 
EVERY LEVEL, AND THEY DO ENJOY 
THAT LEVEL OF TRUST BY MANY, AND
WE UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE 
QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED, AND 
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO 
BETTER.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> FROM THE SHORE LINE, PLEASE 
GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> (Question by Media): YES, 
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 
AND THE DETAILS YOU'VE BEEN 
PROVIDING.
I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT WAS A 
MEDIA REPORT PUBLISHED THIS 
MORNING THAT THE ASSAILANT HAD A
HIT LIST, AND THE PERSON WHO WAS
IN THE MEDIA REPORT... 
[ Please Stand By ]
>> BEHIND THE SCENES, NOT JUST 
THOSE THAT WERE AT THE 
PORTAPIQUE AREA.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHILE WE'RE 
TRYING TO CONFIRM THE LOCATION 
OF THAT THIRD POLICE VEHICLE, WE
WERE ALSO -- AND IT WAS AT THAT 
TIME WHEN THAT CRITICAL WITNESS 
CAME FORWARD WITH CRITICAL 
INFORMATION FOR US.
WE IDENTIFIED OTHER FAMILY 
MEMBERS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE
AT RISK.
SO WE WERE CONTACTING 
INDIVIDUALS WHO WE BELIEVED 
COULD HAVE BEEN ON A LIST OR 
WERE POTENTIALLY AT RISK.
WE WERE CONTACTING THEM, 
BRINGING THEM TO SAFETY, AND WE 
WERE INTERVIEWING THEM AT THAT 
TIME.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT COULD PLAY 
INTO THE BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A
LIST IS THAT AS I WAS MENTIONING
EARLIER AS I WAS GOING THROUGH 
THE SECOND CLUSTER OF INCIDENTS,
THE 911 CALL IN THE GLENHOLME 
AREA WHERE THE GUNMAN HAD JUST 
BEEN.
HE JUST KILLED THREE INDIVIDUALS
AND SET FIRE TO THEIR HOMES IN 
THE HUNTER ROAD AREA.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEW THE 
GUNMAN.
I CAN'T REALLY IMAGINE -- I'M 
NOT IN THE MIND OF THE GUNMAN --
BUT I CAN'T NECESSARILY IMAGINE 
WHY HE WOULD HAVE WENT THERE TO 
SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT MAYBE THEY
WERE ALSO PEOPLE THAT HE MIGHT 
HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO 
SPECULATE, BUT TO ME THAT SEEMS 
TO STAND OUT.
IT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING 
FACTOR TO PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT 
THIS LIST.
>> Question: JUST AS A COME 
BACK.
THE PERSON THAT WAS IDENTIFIED 
SAID THAT THEY WERE -- HE WAS AT
ODDS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD 
REFUSED TO -- HE HAD REFUSED TO 
SELL THEM A POLICE VEHICLE IN 
THE PAST AND THERE WAS ANOTHER 
INCIDENT WHEREBY HE APPARENTLY 
VISITED SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY 
HAD A DISPUTE OVER AN INVOICE 
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT WAS 
DONE.
>> Answer: YEAH, SO YOU'RE 
MAKING MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A 
QUESTION.
WHAT I WILL SAY TO THAT IS WE 
HAVE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL 
INDIVIDUALS OR ASSOCIATES, 
PEOPLE WHO HAD COME INTO CONTACT
WITH THE GUNMAN, NOT DURING THIS
INCIDENT, BUT IN THE PAST.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A TRAIL OF 
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD HAD PROBLEMS
WITH MR. WORTMAN.
SO NATURALLY WE WOULD BE TALKING
TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND WE 
WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE 
ESSENCE OR THE ORIGINS OF THOSE 
PROBLEMS AND WHAT THEY MIGHT 
HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HIM.
OF COURSE, THE LIST, WHEN WE 
CONDUCT THESE INVESTIGATIONS, WE
TASK OUT SUBJECTS TO INTERVIEW.
SO IF THERE IS AN INTERVIEW LIST
AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS, OF 
COURSE AS WE CARRY THROUGH AN 
INVESTIGATION, YOU CONDUCT ONE 
INTERVIEW AND THAT INTERVIEW MAY
IDENTIFY SEVERAL OTHER 
INDIVIDUALS WHO WE NEED TO SPEAK
TO AS WELL.
SO WE DO CREATE LISTS OF 
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED
TO CONTACT AND DETERMINE WHAT IT
IS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT NOT.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ROSS 
LORD FROM GLOBAL TV.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
ROSS LORD, YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU WHAT PARTS 
OF THE INVESTIGATION IS HIS 
PARTNER HELPING YOU WITH NOW AND
HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO DETERMINING
HIS MOTIVE?
>> Answer: WELL, AS I MENTIONED,
THAT FORMER PARTNER IS A 
CRITICAL WITNESS.
THAT WITNESS IS AN INDIVIDUAL 
THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SPENT A 
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH
AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD 
SPEND MORE TIME IN THE FUTURE 
WITH HER.
SHE IS BEING CO-OPERATIVE WITH 
US.
SHE IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING, AND
WITH THAT IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT 
OF TIME THAT WE CAN SPEND WITH 
HER.
BUT OF COURSE SHE IS ASSISTING 
US AND IDENTIFYING OTHER AREAS 
OF INVESTIGATION THAT WE NEED TO
PURSUE.
I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE ABOUT 
MOTIVES.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT ANY 
CRIME AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON -- 
NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE A VERY 
DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING IT 
BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T DO SUCH A 
THING.
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET
OF AN INDIVIDUAL IS SOMETIMES A 
VERY DIFFICULT THING.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN 
TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE ARE 
IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO 
UNPACK THAT AND THAT WILL 
CONTINUE FOR WHAT I WOULD 
IMAGINE A VERY LONG TIME.
>> Question: OKAY.
AND A FOLLOW UP THAT IS RELATED.
YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO TALK 
ABOUT THIS WITH HIS PARTNER.
ARE YOU ANY CLOSER TO 
UNDERSTANDING THAT OR IS IT 
STILL SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NO
IDEA?
>> Answer: WELL, THERE'S A 
NUMBER OF THEORIES AND OF COURSE
SOMETIMES INVESTIGATIONS THEY --
I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE DRIVEN BY
EVIDENCE, BUT THEY'RE GUIDED 
SOMETIMES BY THEORIES.
SO THERE ARE THEORIES AND 
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE THEORY.
WE'RE CONDUCTING A SYSTEMATIC 
INVESTIGATION INTO ALL THOSE 
THEORIES.
IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE 
TO UNCOVER THE TRUE MOTIVES.
BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE TIMES 
WHEN -- UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T 
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN
WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL AND ASK HIM
THOSE QUESTIONS.
EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 
OPPORTUNITIES, THERE ARE 
INDIVIDUALS WHO NEVER PROVIDE 
THAT INFORMATION TO US.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PAUL 
WITHERS, CBC NEWS, HALIFAX.
>> Question: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
SUPERINTENDENT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 
WEAPONS THAT THE GUNMAN HAD?
HOW WERE THEY OBTAINED?
AND DID HE USE ANY EXPLOSIVES TO
BURN DOWN THE HOUSES?
>> Answer: SO WHAT I CAN TELL 
YOU ABOUT THE WEAPONS, OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE 
INVESTIGATION IN UNDERSTANDING 
EXACTLY HOW THE INDIVIDUAL CAME 
INTO POSSESSION OF THOSE WEAPONS
AND WHEN HE CAME INTO POSSESSION
OF THOSE WEAPONS.
AS I INDICATED IN THE NARRATIVE 
OF THE CLUSTERS OF INCIDENTS.
WE DO KNOW THROUGH WITNESS 
INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECT DID
USE A HANDGUN.
THE SHOOTER ALSO USED LONG GUNS.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE 
WEAPONS IS THAT AT THIS POINT IN
TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE 
ONE OF THOSE WEAPONS BACK TO 
CANADA.
AND THE REMAINING WEAPONS THAT 
HAVE BEEN RECOVERED, IT'S 
BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE OBTAINED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Question: THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WEAPONS IN 
TOTAL HE HAD AND WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT WHAT HE GOT THEM 
FROM THE U.S. INTO CANADA?
>> Answer: WELL, THE SECOND PART
OF YOUR QUESTION IS PART OF AN 
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, SO I'M NOT
IN A POSITION TO SPEAK TO THAT 
AT THIS TIME.
BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF 
OUR GLOBAL INVESTIGATION.
IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF WEAPONS, 
SOME OF THE WITNESSES THAT WE'VE
INTERVIEWED SINCE THAT TIME HAVE
TOLD US ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBER OF WEAPONS.
HOWEVER, OUR CHALLENGE IS THAT 
THE SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE IN 
PORTAPIQUE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY 
BURNT TO THE GROUND.
SO OUR ABILITY TO RECOVER 
CERTAIN EVIDENCE IS LIMITED.
WHAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT AS WELL
IS THAT THESE WERE NOT STRUCTURE
FIRES THAT WERE PUT OUT QUICKLY.
THESE ARE STRUCTURE FIRES THAT 
COMPLETELY BURNT TO THE GROUND 
WITH AN INTENSE AMOUNT OF HEAT.
BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IN 
TERMS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE 
WEAPONS, WHO MAY HAVE PROVIDED 
THOSE WEAPONS, HOW HE OBTAINED 
THEM, THAT'S ALL SUBJECT TO THE 
ONGOING INVESTIGATION NOW.
>> WE'LL TAKE ONE LAST QUESTION.
>> Operator: THE LAST QUESTION 
IS FROM THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS.
>> Question: IT BECAME CLEAR ON 
SATURDAY NIGHT THAT THE SUSPECT 
MIGHT BE DRIVING A MOCK POLICE 
CAR.
WHY WAIT 11 OR 12 HOURS TO WARN 
THE PUBLIC OF THAT?
COULDN'T THAT HAVE SAVED LIVES?
>> Answer: AGAIN, YOU'RE ASKING 
ME TO PROVIDE A CRYSTAL BALL 
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE 
INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE 
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VEHICLE AND 
PARTICULAR MARKINGS LIKE THE 
CALL SIGN ON THE VEHICLE, THOSE 
DETAILS DID NOT EMERGE AND THE 
FACT THAT THERE WAS THIS FOURTH 
UNPLATED VEHICLE DIDN'T EMERGE 
UNTIL THE EARLY-MORNING HOURS OF
THE 19TH WHEN THAT CRITICAL 
WITNESS EMERGED FROM THE WOODS.
AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME AS WELL 
THAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR THE THREE 
VEHICLES THAT WE BELIEVED THAT 
THE SUSPECT ACTUALLY POSSESSED.
SO I CAN -- FROM A CRITICAL 
INCIDENT STANDPOINT, I KNOW THAT
THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT WERE 
CONSIDERED BY THE CRITICAL 
INCIDENT COMMANDER AS THEY WERE 
GOING THROUGH ANY KIND OF PUBLIC
NOTIFICATION POTENTIAL WAS THAT 
AT THAT TIME THEY BELIEVE THEY 
HAD ACCOUNTED FOR THE THREE 
POLICE VEHICLES THAT WERE 
ACCESSIBLE TO THE GUNMAN.
>> Question: A FORMER EMPLOYER 
OF THE SUSPECT TOLD US THAT 
WORTMAN HAD SAID LAST YEAR THAT 
HE HAD INFORMED POLICE OR A 
POLICE OFFICER THAT HE HAD A 
REAL-LOOKING MOCKED-UP POLICE 
VEHICLE AND THAT HE WAS TOLD TO 
KEEP IT ON A TRAILER, OFF THE 
ROAD.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT INFORMATION
THE RCMP HAD AND HOW THE RCMP 
HANDLED THE INFORMATION ONCE 
THEY INITIALLY FOUND OUT THAT 
THIS INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE A 
REAL-LOOKING RCMP CAR?
>> Answer: SO I DON'T HAVE AN 
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT 
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.
I HADN'T HEARD THAT.
IF THIS INDIVIDUAL EXISTS, I'M 
GOING TO ASK THEM TO COME 
FORWARD AND ASK THEM TO PROVIDE 
THAT INFORMATION TO US.
>> THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESS 
CONFERENCE.
>> Rosemary: AND THAT IS A PRESS
CONFERENCE FROM THE NOVA SCOTIA 
RCMP IN DARTMOUTH WITH PRIMARILY
SUPERINTENDENT DARREN CAMPBELL, 
ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS 
ABOUT HOW EVENTS UNFOLDED OVER 
THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHEN 22 
PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THE 
SUSPECT, GABRIEL WORTMAN.
WE ARE STANDING BY, AS WE DO AT 
THIS TIME OF DAY, TO HEAR FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE WILL COME OUT IN FOUR 
MINUTES.
I WANT TO GO OVER WHAT WE HEARD 
AND I'LL BRING IN THE CBC'S 
 
BRETT RUSKIN, WHO IS IN 
PORTAPIQUE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE GUNS WERE 
OBTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES, 
WHICH WILL BE A POINT OF 
DISCUSSION FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS
AS WELL I WOULD IMAGINE.
A SUGGESTION BY THE RCMP THAT 
THERE MAY, INDEED, HAVE BEEN A 
LIST OF PEOPLE THAT THE SUSPECT 
WAS TARGETING.
AND SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 
EMERGENCY ALERT SERVICE AND WHY 
IT WASN'T USED.
IT DID SOUND TO ME, BRETT, AND 
YOU CAN WEIGH IN HERE THAT 
CERTAINLY THE ABILITY TO HIDE 
HIMSELF WITH THE POLICE OFFICER 
CAR AND UNIFORM ALLOWED THE 
SUSPECT TO CONTINUE A RAMPAGE 
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
>> Brett: AND NOT ONLY CONTINUE 
THAT RAMPAGE, ROSEMARY, BUT JUST
THE INCREDIBLY TROUBLING DETAIL 
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM AT 
THIS NEWS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD
HEARD RUMOURS OF, THE SITUATION 
OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OVER BY 
WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN RCMP 
VEHICLE, WALKED UP TO THEIR 
VEHICLES IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN 
RCMP UNIFORM, AND SHOT THEM IN 
THEIR CARS.
THAT HAPPENED TO AT LEAST ONE OF
THE VICTIMS.
WE ALSO HEARD HE ARRIVED AND 
WENT UP TO AN RCMP OFFICER, 
PULLED UP.
THAT IS THE OFFICER THAT WAS 
INJURED.
HE REPORTED A NUMBER OF GUNSHOT 
WOUNDS, REPORTED IT, AND HE TOOK
HIMSELF TO GET MEDICAL 
ASSISTANCE.
HE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM 
THOSE NON-LIFE-THREATENING 
INJURIES.
WE NOW KNOW THAT AT LEAST 13 OF 
THE VICTIMS CAME FROM THE 
COMMUNITY BEHIND ME.
MORE THAN HALF THE VICTIMS CAME 
FROM THE SMALL 
5-SQUARE-KILOMETRE COMMUNITY OF 
PORTAPIQUE, A QUIET COMMUNITY, 
JUST ROCKED BY THIS TRAGEDY, 
THAT AGAIN BEGAN LAST SATURDAY 
EVENING.
THERE WAS THAT GAP IN TIME WHERE
WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THE SHOOTER
WAS BEFORE THINGS RAMPED UP AND 
ESCALATED WITH THOSE 
MULTI-PEOPLE SHOOTINGS ACROSS 
THE PROVINCE AND THE COUNTY.
>> Rosemary: ALTHOUGH THIS 
STARTED WITH AN INCIDENT WITH 
HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND WE DID 
REPORT THAT LAST NIGHT AND SHE 
IS FINE AND COOPERATING WITH 
POLICE THE RCMP SAY, IT DOES 
SOUND LIKE A NUMBER OF THE 
PLACES HE WENT TO HE KNEW THE 
INDIVIDUALS.
HE HAD MAYBE AN ISSUE WITH THE 
INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE 
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ANSWER THE 
DOOR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE 
THINKING TODAY AND WHO CALLED 
THE POLICE TO SAY THIS WAS 
HAPPENING.
>> Brett: INCLUDING THERE WAS 
ONE CONNECTION.
THERE WAS A SERIES OF PEOPLE HE 
VISITED AND IN SOME CASES THAT 
HE KILLED THAT HE HAD 
CONNECTIONS TO.
ONE OF THE LAST ONES WAS AN 
INDIVIDUAL IN THE SHUBENACADIE 
AREA THAT HE KNEW WHO HE KILLED.
THAT WAS A 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, 
GINA GOULET, TOOK HER VEHICLE.
THAT WAS THE FINAL VEHICLE SHE 
ACQUIRED THAT HE TOOK TO THE GAS
STATION WHERE HE MET UP WITH AN 
OFFICER WHO RECOGNIZED HIM AND 
SHOT HIM. 
>> Rosemary: OKAY, BRETT RUSKIN,
YOU'LL BE COVERING THIS OVER THE
DAY.
BRETT RUSKIN IN PORTAPIQUE, NOVA
SCOTIA, AS WE LEAVE OFF WITH 
THOSE DETAILS THAT UNFOLDED OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THERE IS A VIGIL TONIGHT, A 
VIRTUAL VIGIL THAT YOU CAN TUNE 
IN TO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN
THE COUNTRY.
WE WILL PUT THAT ON CBC.
THAT STARTS AT 6:00 EASTERN, 
SOMEONE WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M 
WRONG.
THE FOCUS ON THAT WILL BE TO 
FOCUS ON THE 22 PEOPLE WHO WERE 
KILLED AND TO TRY TO SUPPORT 
PEOPLE AT A TIME WHEN THAT WAS 
SO DIFFICULT TO DO, GIVEN THE 
PANDEMIC AND THAT PEOPLE CAN'T 
GET TOGETHER, WHICH HAS MADE ALL
OF THIS REALLY TROUBLING.
WE ARE STANDING DO, AS WE DO AT 
THIS TIME OF DAY, FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S DAILY BRIEFING ON THE
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19.
OBVIOUSLY THE PRIME MINISTER 
WAITED UNTIL TH
