NS Police Chief Felt RCMP ‘Nudged’ Not to Reveal Early Warning of Killer’s Danger
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 2:47 am
A Nova Scotia police chief told an investigator last year that in the aftermath of the 2020 mass shooting, he felt “nudged” by the RCMP not to release a report that had warned the gunman was a threat years before his rampage. In an interview widely critical of the Mounties, Truro police Chief David MacNeil said that shortly after the April 18-19 murders, RCMP superintendents Chris Leather and Janis Gray arranged a call to discuss whether the chief would publicly disclose a 2011 warning about the killer, Gabriel Wortman. MacNeil said the senior officers seemed concerned that an officer safety bulletin sent nine years before the killing—which warned officers that Wortman owned restricted weapons and “wants to kill a cop”—would be made public as a result of freedom of information requests. ...
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