Inquiry Releasing Report Today on Afghanistan Vet Who Killed His Family and Himself

Inquiry Releasing Report Today on Afghanistan Vet Who Killed His Family and Himself
Lionel Desmond (front row, R) was part of the 2nd battalion, of the Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Gagetown and shown in this 2007 handout photo taken in Panjwai district in between patrol base Wilson and Masum Ghar in Afghanistan. The Canadian Press/HO-Facebook-Trev Bungay
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Seven years after a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself in rural Nova Scotia, a provincial inquiry is scheduled to release on Jan. 31 a final report explaining what happened and how to prevent a similar tragedy.

The much-delayed fatality inquiry investigated why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before taking his own life with a semi-automatic rifle on Jan. 3, 2017.