Children Called in Key Details Amid Mass Shooting

Children Called in Key Details Amid Mass Shooting
RCMP officers descend on a gas station in Enfield, N.S., where the gunman behind the mass killing was shot dead, on April 19, 2022. The Canadian Press/Tim Krochak
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HALIFAX—When a gunman impersonating a Mountie started killing people in Portapique, N.S., on April 18, 2020, four children huddled in a home where they relayed key information about the killer as the tragedy unfolded around them.

Portions of a transcript of that disturbing 911 call were released today by an independent commission of inquiry investigating the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, which claimed 22 lives over a 13-hour span.