Death Toll From Canada’s Worst Mass Shooting Rises to 19

Death Toll From Canada’s Worst Mass Shooting Rises to 19
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers prepare to take a suspect into custody at a gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia, on April 19, 2020. Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press via AP
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PORTAPIQUE, Nova Scotia—The death toll from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history rose to 19, including a police officer and the shooter, Canadian police said on Monday, adding that they expect fatalities from the weekend killings to rise further.

The gunman, who at one point masqueraded as a policeman and also painstakingly disguised his car to look like a police cruiser, shattered the peace of a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage that started late on Saturday, authorities said on Sunday.