Domestic violence extended back generations in the family of the man who carried out the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, a document released Monday by a public inquiry reveals.
The summary produced by the commission probing the shooting describes disturbing episodes in the killer's life that range from his mistreatment as a child through his adult diagnosis as a "narcissistic personality" whose rage could erupt in a moment.
Alan Wortman, the killer's uncle, told the RCMP that the killer's paternal grandfather "was violent" with his children, including the killer's father, and that this pattern continued into the perpetrator's upbringing. Several witnesses told the RCMP that the killer's father, Paul Wortman, abused his wife and that he also mistreated his son during his childhood in Moncton, N.B.
"The had a horrible upbringing and that ... turned him into a greedy, overbearing little bastard," Glynn is quoted as telling police after the shootings. "He never treated him like a little boy." The legacy of a dysfunctional relationship with his parents emerged in Gabriel Wortman's adult life, according to the relatives and his spouse.
In the decade that followed, the killer decreased contact with his parents, rarely speaking to them, according to the summary.
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