NS Police Chief Felt RCMP ‘Nudged’ Not to Reveal Early Warning of Killer’s Danger

NS Police Chief Felt RCMP ‘Nudged’ Not to Reveal Early Warning of Killer’s Danger
Truro Police Chief David MacNeil fields questions at a news conference in Truro, N.S. on Dec. 31, 2007. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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A Nova Scotia police chief told an investigator last year that in the aftermath of the 2020 mass shooting, he felt “nudged” by the RCMP not to release a report that had warned the gunman was a threat years before his rampage.

In an interview widely critical of the Mounties, Truro police Chief David MacNeil said that shortly after the April 18-19 murders, RCMP superintendents Chris Leather and Janis Gray arranged a call to discuss whether the chief would publicly disclose a 2011 warning about the killer, Gabriel Wortman.