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SHOT DRAMA: Police in action at a service station in Enfield, Nova Scotia, on Sunday. Photo: Tim Krochak / The Canadian Press
At least ten people have been killed after a twelve-hour shooting, according to Canadian police. One of those killed is a police officer.
The 51-year-old perpetrator began his killing in the small community of Portapique, in the province of Nova Scotia, on Saturday night local time, writes Canadian CBC.
On Sunday morning, police began searching for him along one of the province’s busiest highways. At 11:40 am Sunday morning, local time had ended, at a police station north of Halifax in Enfield.
At least ten people were killed, police confirmed at a press conference on Sunday night, Norwegian time.
“We believe that one person is responsible for all of the murders, and that he alone moved throughout the northern part of the province where he committed what appears to be multiple murders,” Chris Leather told police at the press conference.
TRANSPORTED: One of the dead is taken off the scene. Photo: Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press
They also say that the author, described Sunday morning as “armed and dangerous”, was wearing a police uniform and access to a police car at one point.
“The fact that he had a police uniform and a police car indicates that it was not a random incident,” said Assistant Police Commissioner Lee Bergman.
One police officer is among those killed: his mother of two children, Heidi Stevenson. She is described as a veteran of the police force, of which she has been a member for 23 years.
“Our hearts are overwhelmed with pain today, after losing one of our own,” police union leader Brian Sauvé said in a statement, writes the Washington Post.
The author, whom the police call Gabriel Wortman, was also confirmed dead, Reuters writes. It is unclear if he was shot by the police.
Through multiple messages on Twitter Sunday morning local time, police warned people in the area of an “active shooter.”
– There are several victims. He is considered armed and dangerous, they wrote about the suspect.
In another message, they asked people to close their doors and stay inside.
Police spokeswoman Lisa Croteau said according to CBC that people living in the area could enter the basement.
Some people were also evacuated, but she could not say how many and from where they were evacuated.
INDICATED VEHICLE: This is the police car that the police suspect the man has used in the past. Photo: RCMP NOVA SCOTIA / X80001
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