A public inquiry heard evidence Wednesday that the Nova Scotia gunman who murdered 22 people in 2020 likely shot himself in the head within seconds of two officers firing on him.
Dr. Matthew Bowes, the province's chief medical examiner, testified that the best explanation for a wound to the killer's head is that he fired a bullet into his own temple, while also saying he might have survived that injury for "minutes" at the Enfield, N.S., scene.
As a result, Bowes' written report of Oct. 6, 2020 says the death of Gabriel Wortman, a 51-year-old denturist, occurred due to the police shooting him, rather than being a suicide.
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