Canada mass shooting erupted after argument between gunman Gabriel Wortman and his girlfriend: official
- The 51-year-old gunman acted alone in waging a shooting spree that killed 22 people across northern and central Nova Scotia
- The suspect was shot to death on April 19 morning, about 13 hours after the attacks began
Canada’s worst mass shooting started as a domestic dispute between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack, a police official said.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said more details would be provided at a later stage.
Gabriel Wortman, 51, acted alone in the shooting spree that killed at least 22 people across northern and central Nova Scotia, police earlier said. There are 16 crime scenes in five different rural communities throughout northern and central Nova Scotia.
The suspect was shot to death Sunday morning, about 13 hours after the attacks began.
Several bodies were found inside and outside one house in the rural town of Portapique, police have said. Bodies were also found in four other communities, and authorities believe the shooter targeted his first victims but then began attacking randomly as he drove around.
Police have said Wortman carried out much of the attack disguised as a police officer in a vehicle marked to seem like a patrol car. They say he shot people in and around their homes and set fires to homes in Portapique.