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2020 Nova Scotia Shootings Memorial.
Top row from left: Gina Goulet, Dawn Gulenchyn, Jolene Oliver, Frank Gulenchyn, Sean McLeod, Alanna Jenkins. Second row: John Zahl, Lisa McCully, Joey Webber, Heidi Stevenson, Heather O'Brien and Jamie Blair. Third row from top: Kristen Beaton, Lillian Campbell, Joanne Thomas, Peter Bond, Tom Bagley and Greg Blair. Bottom row: Emily Tuck, Joy Bond, Corrie Ellison and Aaron Tuck.

Nova Scotia Shootings

Mass shootings and a call for reform.

In April 2020, quiet rural Nova Scotia was shattered when a man disguised as a police officer went on a rampage across multiple communities, setting homes ablaze and gunning down strangers and neighbors alike. Over thirteen harrowing hours, he killed 22 people, making it Canada’s deadliest mass shooting. Questions of motive, missed warnings, and how he evaded capture haunted investigators—and a nation left reeling. How did one man turn trust in authority into terror, and what failures let the nightmare unfold?

Victim(s)

Greg Blair, Jamie Blair, Joy Bond, Peter Bond, Corrie Ellison, Dawn Gulenchyn, Frank Gulenchyn, Lisa McCully, Jolene Oliver, Joanne Thomas, Aaron Tuck, Emily Tuck, John Zahl, Tom Bagley, Lillian Campbell, Sean McLeod, Alanna Jenkins, Kristen Beaton (Pregnant), Heather O'Brien, Gina Goulet, Constable Heidi Stevenson, Joey Webber

Perpetrator(s)

Gabriel Wortman (51M)

Case Status

Closed Case

Case Years

April 18–19, 2020

Location(s)

Portapique, Wentworth, Debert, Shubenacadie in Nova Scotia, Canada

Tag(s)

Murder
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Mass Murder
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