Many Knew of NS Killer’s Replica RCMP Patrol Car but Didn’t Report to Police

Commission counsel Roger Burrill presents information about the police paraphernalia used by Gabriel Wortman, at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on April 25, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting, but they didn’t inform police of his activities.

The killer meticulously recreated a fully marked RCMP Ford Taurus—complete with a black push bar and Mountie decals—before driving it during the April 18-19, 2020, rampage that resulted in 22 murders over 13 hours.