RCMP officers are preparing to arrest a person at a gas station in Enfield, NS on April 19, 2020. Videos have been released of RCMP officers from Nova Scotia shooting dead the perpetrator ‘one of the worst mass murders in Canadian history. tim krochak / The Canadian Press
Videos of Nova Scotia RCMP officers have been released, fatally shooting the perpetrator of one of the worst mass murders in modern Canadian history.
Monday’s decision by commissioners of a public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting reversed their previous decision to protect videos from the publication.
Five videos from several security cameras at an Irving Big Stop gas station in Enfield, NS, were recorded when RCMP officers killed the gunman on April 19, 2020, ending a shooting of 13 hours that claimed 22 lives.
One of the videos shows the arrival of the Chevrolet Suburban driven by RCMP dog driver Agent Craig Hubley, who opens the door of his car next to the bombs about 28 seconds after the killer had stopped. .
The constable with full body armor seems to pull the gun out after a second of opening the front door. He starts screaming before repeatedly firing at the gunman’s side window.
Const. Hubley’s pistol recoils as he fires and moves toward the front of the gunman’s car. Constable Ben MacLeod, a member of the emergency response team that went with Const. Hubley, meanwhile, gets out of the passenger side of the vehicle, moves to the front of the police vehicle, and fires his rifle into the front window of the killer’s vehicle.
The shooting of the killer, Gabriel Wortman, begins shortly after 11:25 a.m. and ends in a matter of seconds.
In testimony to the April investigation, Const. Hubley said his suspicions were aroused when he noticed a man in a car with a bomb in front of his police SUV who seemed unaware that blood was gushing for a blow to the head. He said a single glance confirmed that the man was Mr. Wortman, whose photo he had engraved in his memory that morning.
Both Const. Hubley and Const. MacLeod testified that they started firing when they saw Mr. Wortman raise a pistol with his right hand.
Another video, recorded from behind the Mazda laptop that the killer had stolen from his latest victim, shows the moments before the arrival of the police.
When officers arrive, the gunman’s right hand is seen apparently grabbing an object, though it’s hard to see what it is.
There is a brief rocking motion inside the Mazda, and then, a moment later, a hail of bullets from Const. Hubley breaks the side window of the Mazda. Const. MacLeod’s carbine volley arrives in a matter of seconds and makes multiple holes in the front window.
The five videos were made public by the Mass Victims Commission accompanied by a warning about what they represent.
The commissioners wrote in their decisions that they initially decided to publish only photographs of the footage because of its potential to re-traumatize those affected by the mass shooting, but several media outlets challenged the decision.
“We urge citizens to keep in mind that whenever photographs and videos associated with the mass victim are discussed or reported in a public forum, the people represented and their families are affected, and for some it is retraumatizing “. says the decision.
In the video showing Mazda’s windows shattering, there are also images of other members of the emergency response team arriving in six minutes, breaking the driver’s side window and dragging the body of the driver. killer on the sidewalk, where he is surrounded and briefly examined. he.
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