“This happened in small towns,' said Prime Minister Justice Trudeau of the shooting which killed 18. 'Places where people know their neighbors and look out for each other.'
A hearse carrying Const. Heidi Stevenson's body leaves the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Nova Scotia Headquarters.
The gunman, Gabriel Wortman, was able to elude capture in part because he was traveling in a mock Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser that “looked identical" to the real thing, Chief Superintendent Chris Leather of the RCMP said during a Monday press conference. The shooter was also wearing clothes that “were either actual uniforms or very good facsimiles” of RCMP uniforms.
"I met with Heidi's family, and there are no words to describe their pain," Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for the RCMP in Nova Scotia, said during a press conference on Sunday."Two children have lost their mother and a husband his wife. Parents lost their daughter, and countless others lost an incredible friend and colleague."
Also among the dead were Emily Tuck, a 17-year-old aspiring musician, and her parents, Jolene Oliver and Aaron Tuck.Though details surrounding their deaths remain scarce, according to Tammy Oliver-McCurdie, Oliver's sister, their bodies were discovered in their home.
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