The death toll in the worst shooting in Canadian history has risen to 19 – and authorities expect it to increase as the investigation into the rampage continues.
The incident marks the deadliest shooting in Canadian history.in Canadian history has risen to 19 -- and authorities expect it to increase as the investigation into the rampage continues.
"It appears that some of the victims were known to the suspect and others were targeted and not known to the suspect," RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather said at a press conference Monday in Halifax. Wentworth volunteer firefighters douse hotspots as an excavator digs through the rubble of a destroyed home linked to Sunday's deadly shooting rampage on April 20, 2020 in Wentworth Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada. Two residents of the home as well as a neighbor were killed by a lone gunman during Canada's worst mass killing. Seventeen people including the gunman died during the rampage, which was scattered through several rural communities in the Maritime provinces.
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