The inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives heard testimony Monday from two firefighters who had sharp criticism for the way the Mounties handled their situation in April 2020.
The two were inside the firehall in Onslow, N.S., on the morning of April 19, 2020, when the RCMP were still searching for a suspect who had fatally shot 13 people the night before in Portapique, N.S., and would kill another nine people that day.
The inquiry has heard that Muise and Currie were in the building with evacuee Richard Ellison at 10:17 a.m. when they heard gunfire outside, and an emergency management co-ordinator ran inside yelling, "Shots fired! Shots fired! Get down!" Both men said it was another hour before they learned the bullets had been fired by two RCMP officers who mistook the emergency management co-ordinator for the killer.
The two firefighters told the inquiry the close call was so terrifying that they both require medications and counselling to cope.
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