23 dead, 1 police officer killed in Nova Scotia night ambush using RCMP vehicle, wearing uniform - Deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history, deadliest rural mass shooting in modern history

[LiveFromNS]

I don't know that they will call an inquiry. The Liberals still have high support in the opinion polls, and we know how god damn stubborn Steven MacNeil is.

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I never partook in the drug scene when I went to school there, but I knew people who did. Encountered some interesting fellows around downtown and North End.

For sure, that's what makes it kind of interesting to see unfold. I mean this was a pretty significant event and there is a pretty strong and large group pushing for the PI, so I expect some mud slinging soon!

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As for when you went to school here, I am not sure if you are same old vintage as me or maybe a decade or two behind me, but north end is where I hung out as I grew up just kind of on the fringes. I didn't live too far south of Young St and I could look out my front door and see and read the Robie St sign! When I hit Grade 7 is when I started making friends and hanging out in the far north end around Lady Hammond Road area as a bunch of students from St. Stephen's on Highland Ave got enrolled in my junior high. That's kind of when life truly began for me and I stopped being a bookworm nerdy kid and got into the drugs and heavy metal!

 

[Army Burger]

There will be a public inquiry after all:

https://archive.md/mzvyD

 

[LiveFromNS]

Yeah, just caught that @Army Burger. I kind of figured that they would have to cave. I always consider NS where I live, the best of the bumblefuck provinces that make up Atlantic Canada. Pretty mellow place with lots of farms, fisherman, indians and a couple of somewhat big small cities. So, for some guy, who it is apparent has ties to something to have the money he did, and the stuff that is now coming out, to go and murder over 20 people is pretty much up there on scale of severity for events in NS. Doing it while passing as a member of the RCMP. They had to cave as the pressure was only going to continue and grow. I mean the shooter wasn't some incel like Elliott or the dude in Christchurch. There is too much about him and his ties that point to something more deep. Whether he had an actual connection to the RCMP, or the RCMP totally fucked up by not sending out mass alerts or doing the other shit they failed to do.

And you know, I bet the government was waiting to see what the judge would order in that unsealing. If she would have not unsealed anything, would they have still called the PI? Or was the stuff that was unredacted make them realize the public and families would see there is something more to this guy and the situation that unfolded and there was no way the public would let it go given the new info about him being into organized crime at the very least.

Oh well, I guess now the focus will shift from government's refusal to how much the RCMP lies, scams, hides or destroys info! The shredder's are probably already humming!

 

[Army Burger]

Yeah, just caught that @Army Burger. I kind of figured that they would have to cave. I always consider NS where I live, the best of the bumblefuck provinces that make up Atlantic Canada. Pretty mellow place with lots of farms, fisherman, indians and a couple of somewhat big small cities. So, for some guy, who it is apparent has ties to something to have the money he did, and the stuff that is now coming out, to go and murder over 20 people is pretty much up there on scale of severity for events in NS. Doing it while passing as a member of the RCMP. They had to cave as the pressure was only going to continue and grow. I mean the shooter wasn't some incel like Elliott or the dude in Christchurch. There is too much about him and his ties that point to something more deep. Whether he had an actual connection to the RCMP, or the RCMP totally fucked up by not sending out mass alerts or doing the other shit they failed to do.

And you know, I bet the government was waiting to see what the judge would order in that unsealing. If she would have not unsealed anything, would they have still called the PI? Or was the stuff that was unredacted make them realize the public and families would see there is something more to this guy and the situation that unfolded and there was no way the public would let it go given the new info about him being into organized crime at the very least.

Oh well, I guess now the focus will shift from government's refusal to how much the RCMP lies, scams, hides or destroys info! The shredder's are probably already humming!

Oh, I bet the shredders have been going nonstop since late April.

 

[muh_moobs]

The fact that I hear more about fucking Florida and it's WuFlu cases in the Canadian media over this is frustrating beyond belief.

It's always been like that.

 

[Army Burger]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rcmp-questions-redacted-warrants-mass-killing-nova-scotia-1.5684188

https://archive.md/LMwP3

More dumb shit from the RCMP about how their investigation would be jeopardized if more unredacted info was released.

 

[Army Burger]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gabriel-wortman-estate-lawsuit-common-law-partner-1.5685039

https://archive.md/pY7ls

Gabriel Wortman's common-law partner has filed a lawsuit against his estate. (She had been the executor of his will, but removed herself from that shortly after the mass shooting)

 

[LiveFromNS]

A bunch of documents that were used in seeking search warrants were released today. Doesn't appear anyone has put them online as yet but if I come across them I will grab and upload here.

Here is a link to an article:

Nova Scotia gunman flagged for suspicious cash transactions before April shooting, docs show

By Andrew Russell & Brian Hill Global News
Posted September 21, 2020 2:04 pm
Updated September 21, 2020 5:08 pm

The gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in April was flagged for multiple suspicious transactions to Canada’s money laundering watchdog for purchasing items “intended for police use” and a $475,000 cash withdrawal before the 13-hour shooting spree, according to newly unsealed court documents.

The documents also include new details from the gunman’s cousin, a retired RCMP officer, who described the shooter as “almost a career criminal” in an interview with police after the shootings.

The details were included in search warrant applications filed by the RCMP that were released Monday by provincial court Judge Laurel Halfpenny MacQuarrie.

According to the documents, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada was made aware of suspicious transactions related to Gabriel Wortman’s PayPal account towards “the purchase of vehicle accessories commonly used by police, including items explicitly labeled as being intended for police use via eBay.”

The newly released documents indicate the suspicious transaction reports (STRs) were prepared by FINTRAC on April 22 and April 30 after the shootings occurred. Under Canadian law, financial institutions and other organizations are required to create STRs for transactions like large cash deposits, unsourced deposits or multiple deposits totalling more than $10,000.

“The FINTRAC report also outlined STRs with respect to credit cards associated with (the gunman) for purchases to GCSurplus Ottawa of more than $15,000,” the documents said. “It is known that some of these purchases were for white Ford Taurus vehicles which were decommissioned police cars.”

According to the documents, investigators said CIBC reported that in March the gunman had requested to “liquidate some of his investments, amounting to $475,000.”

“(The gunman) requested that the $475,000 be in $100 denominations,” the documents said, adding that the money was delivered to the gunman via a Brinks deposit on March 30.

Global News reached out CIBC for comment, but did not receive an immediate response. FINTRAC said it is “prohibited from disclosing information that it may have received or financial intelligence that it may have disclosed to police, law enforcement or national security agencies” relevant to a criminal investigation.

A consortium of media organizations – including Global News — have been fighting for months to have the RCMP search warrant applications released and the redactions lifted.

The newly released documents are still heavily redacted, but include what appear to be more terrifying details from the gunman’s common-law spouse, where she describes him as being “caught-up” with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and “preparing for the end of the world.”

Other revelations related to the rampage on April 18 and 19 that killed 22 people, including an RCMP officer, are a chilling firsthand account from RCMP Const. Chad Morrison, who was shot by the gunman, and details related to an argument between the shooter and one of the victims in the community of Portapique.

An unidentified friend of Aaron Tuck, who was killed along with his wife and teenage daughter, told police that he witnessed an argument between the gunman and Tuck prior to the shooting.

“Aaron Tuck wanted to sell his house in Portapique and move back to Cape Breton and wanted $48,000 to $58,000 for it,” the documents said. “(Redacted) saw Aaron Tuck get into an argument with (the gunman) as (the gunman) had offered Aaron $18,000 for the house.”

He also told police that by the end of August 2019 “you could not tell the difference between (the gunman’s) RCMP police car and a real one.”

Morrison, who was wounded by the gunman, told investigators he was waiting in his police cruiser for Const. Heidi Stevenson at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 224 in Shubenacadie, in central Nova Scotia.

“Morrison said that he was listening to the radio and found it confusing to understand where the suspect was but thought the suspect was in the Brookfield area and was not expecting the suspect to be coming his way at that time,” the documents said.

He told investigators he noted a Taurus that was coming in his direction but was unsure if it was the suspect. He told police a “push bar” mounted on the front of the vehicle gave him pause but relaxed as Stevenson was nearby.

“As the marked police car approached … Morrison realized that was not Cst. Stevenson and he recognized the driver to be the suspect from the picture (of the gunman) that he had received to be on the lookout for,” the documents said. “Morrison said the suspect looked to have a melancholy expression as he was turning in front of him and then he had a ‘grit’ look on his face as he started to raise his gun.”

“Morrison said the suspect brandished a handgun out the window and began firing at him,” the documents said, noting that three or four shots were fired in a “split second.”

The RCMP constable hit an emergency response button and called for help to say that he had been shot and drove to an EHS station in Milford, where he could still see the section of Highway where the gunman had opened fire and black SUVs with police lights heading towards the scene where he believed Stevenson had been shot.

“Morrison heard (a police officer) say on the radio that ‘Stevenson is down,” the documents said. Morrison was transferred to Colchester Hospital.

“I believe that the hard body armour worn by Cst. Morrison stopped the bullet from entering his chest/abdomen,” said an unidentified person in the documents.

The document also offer new evidence on help Wortman received in creating the replica RCMP cruiser he used in the killings.

Peter Griffon told police how he’d made and printed off the RCMP decals for Wortman’s car -without his employer knowing – and used a computer at the back of the shop to research RCMP emblems, according to the documents.

Griffon was convicted of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking in 2017 and had ties to a Mexican cartel. He had been on parole, and living with his parents in Portapique, N.S., doing odd jobs for Wortman, when he completed the decal work, including making the numbers “28B11” of the decommissioned police car.

“(Griffon) should not be messing around with stuff like that,” the owner of the graphics company is quoted in the documents as saying.

On the day the shooting, the 40-year-old man had finished work on Wortma’s property and left around 5 p.m. where he had a short chat with one of the victims who lived near the gunman’s home

He was watching television that night when he got a call from his mother who said the gunman’s home was on fire. Griffon’s father called 911 and as they were being escorted out the area they saw some of the victim’s homes on fire.

A National Parole Board decision obtained by Global News says Griffon had his parole revoked due to his actions in the Nova Scotia tragedy, including that he lied to police.

Police had originally interviewed Griffon about the shooting spree in April and he told his parole officer that he didn’t know anything that would be relevant and denied making the decals, according to the parole board decision.

“You would later advise your parole officer that you had misled police and lied outright to your parole officer when first contacted and queried about knowledge of the shooting suspect,” the board wrote. “The consequences of your most recent flawed decision-making contributed to a horrific end that touched every life in your province. Those decisions are inconsistent with being on parole.”
SOURCE: https://globalnews.ca/news/7348322/nova-scotia-gunman-suspicious-cash-transactions-before-shooting/