Mountie Has ‘Impression’ Liberal Government Interfered With NS Mass Shooting Probe

Mountie Has ‘Impression’ Liberal Government Interfered With NS Mass Shooting Probe
RCMP Chief Supt. Chris Leather is questioned by lawyer Rachel Young at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on July 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Kelly Clark
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A senior Mountie testified Thursday he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

Chief Supt. Chris Leather made the comment at the public inquiry into the rampage that took 22 lives on April 18-19, 2020, during cross-examination by Tom MacDonald, a lawyer who represents two family members of victims.