Number of N.S. Victims Hits 22, as Some Ask Why Emergency Alert Wasn’t Used

Number of N.S. Victims Hits 22, as Some Ask Why Emergency Alert Wasn’t Used
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) SUV pulls up to the end of Portapique Beach Road while an officer speaks with a man after the police finished their search for shooter Gabriel Wortman, in Portapique, Nova Scotia, Canada on April 19, 2020. John Morris/Reuters
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HALIFAX—A murderous rampage by a Halifax man impersonating an RCMP officer has claimed 22 lives, police announced Tuesday as some questioned why more wasn’t done to warn citizens along his route.

The RCMP confirmed in a news release that the killing began in Portapique, N.S., and when police arrived Saturday night they discovered several casualties inside and outside of a home. The killer’s trail continued overnight and into the next morning through Wentworth, Debert and Shubenacadie before he was shot dead by police in Enfield at around noon Sunday.