‘There were failures’: N.S. shooting inquiry report slams RCMP response to 2020 tragedy
Red flags, warnings and gender-based violence
“The perpetrator also uttered threats to commit violence using firearms against his parents in 2010 and against the police in 2011. Both these threats were reported to the police.”Neighbours also reported the shooter’s possession of illegal firearms to police.The perpetrator was abusive toward his common-law spouse, Lisa Banfield, and the abuse had been reported to police on at least one occasion in 2013.
“The RCMP did not treat Lisa Banfield as a surviving victim of the mass casualty; that is, as an important witness who required careful debriefing and who would need support services,” the report said.Spouse of N.S. mass shooter reveals grim new details about their life together Governments should work with community-based advocacy and support groups “to develop and deliver prevention materials and social awareness programs that counter victim blaming and hyper-responsibilization … of women survivors of gender-based violence,” it said.
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