Mass shooting in Canada

[mom22belles]

Sadly this makes me think of Montreal and the Toronto incidents.

It’s the 2nd ‘anniversary’ of the Toronto Van attack this week .

 

[low-key]

The world sucks

 

[OnceUponATime15]

It’s the 2nd ‘anniversary’ of the Toronto Van attack this week .

Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Stand off at the Branch Davidian cult complex at Waco Tx. I don’t think the date was a random choice for this killer.
His horrendous act yesterday will now live alongside two of the largest mass killings in US history.

 

[maddiel]

It is the largest mass killing ever in Canada. People are stunned, especially as more of the details come out. How does a community react to this during a quarantine?

There was a move to light candles on peoples porches and to tie blue or tartan ribbons outside to show support to the victims and each other. The sunset was absolutely stunning and all my social media was full of pictures of it - like nature itself was sending a message.

M.
(Not my photo - just one of the amazing ones I saw posted tonight)

 

[CdnCarrie]

I saw pictures on FB of the sky! I have friends in Nova Scotia. What a gorgeous tribute.

 

[robinb]

This is so sad. My thoughts are with our neighbors to the north.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

It is the largest mass killing ever in Canada. People are stunned, especially as more of the details come out. How does a community react to this during a quarantine?

There was a move to light candles on peoples porches and to tie blue or tartan ribbons outside to show support to the victims and each other. The sunset was absolutely stunning and all my social media was full of pictures of it - like nature itself was sending a message.

M.
(Not my photo - just one of the amazing ones I saw posted tonight)

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Beautiful. Very poetic, a red sky the colour of the RCMP red surge dress uniform. It’s like the most perfect tribute to Constable Stevenson. #NeverForget

 

[starvenger]

I think I needed to hear this right about now as a reminder of the happier times.

 

[dish rag]

Tragic. Prayers to this effected. Just going to get worse.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Have they identified a motive for this other than that the first target was his ex-wife?

 

[dish rag]

Have they identified a motive for this other than that the first target was his ex-wife?

More needs done to help the mentally ill and the ease of obtaining guns.

 

[maddiel]

Have they identified a motive for this other than that the first target was his ex-wife?

Not that I have heard yet. I think his home in Portapique was burned down, but the mounties have been combing through his home/business in Dartmouth so maybe they will find some indicators there.

The RCMP have their hands full trying to process all the crime scenes. They are trying to find cottages to rent to put up additional investigators where they can investigate and still quarantine themselves as much as possible from the locals.

The provincial government also received a number of requests from outside media to allow them to come to NS and be exempted from the 14 day travel quarantine. Dr Strang, the chief medical officer, said nope.

There is no RCMP press conference scheduled for today. but they are expected to release a statement. The official death count hasn't changed, but there are people currently considered missing who are expected to be added once they finish processing the crime scenes where the fires were set.

M.

 

[JimMIA]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, from one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited -- the anthem of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

 

[JimMIA]

The RCMP have their hands full trying to process all the crime scenes. They are trying to find cottages to rent to put up additional investigators where they can investigate and still quarantine themselves as much as possible from the locals.

A lot of people (even Canadians) don't know this, but the RCMP has one of the finest, most sophisticated crime laboratories in the world.

In the late 80's, they were one of just four crime labs (New Scotland Yard, FBI, and Miami-Dade Police were the other 3) who collaborated and developed the protocols for using DNA technology in the criminal justice systems worldwide.

 

[Delite]

There are old stories put together of a similar spree out of Britain I think it was. I remember the accents. Little quiet village and a good shot with a rifle went around on foot. Back when local police were towns away. First on site officer was killed before he exited car. Very hard to find a killer moving back when the phone lines couldn't take the call volume.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

This seems fitting.. a group of Drs in Toronto who are a choir, did a version of The Rankin Family (From NS) song We Rise Again. It was intended as a show of support for First Responders and Hospital workers.. it goes without saying that support is needed for all affected by this tragedy

 

[CdnCarrie]

Now up to 23.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52376547

I believe this would count as a spree killing, not a mass shooting, as it happened in at least 16 sites. This guy was on a rampage, and determined to take as many people with him as he could. We may never know why.

 

[JimMIA]

No matter how we split the hairs semantically, at least 23 22 innocent people have been murdered.

Which label we choose to use is irrelevant. Whether we find out why is irrelevant.

Twenty-three -two innocent lives are what matter.

The only positive thing about the whole tragedy is that the police killed the murderer.

 

[maddiel]

No matter how we split the hairs semantically, at least 23 innocent people have been murdered.

Which label we choose to use is irrelevant. Whether we find out why is irrelevant.

Twenty-three innocent lives are what matter.

The only positive thing about the whole tragedy is that the police killed the murderer.

The RCMP issued a correction after this statement. There are 23 dead, of which 22 were victims.

It's not certain yet if the police killed the perpetrator or if he killed himself. Any death or serious injury involving police in NS is automatically investigated by SIRT and they will determine what happened.

M.