Canada mass shooting death toll rises to 23 after police find four more bodies as it's revealed gunman was 'obsessed with mounties', had an alcohol problem and was forced to shut his dental clinic during coronavirus
- Suspected gunman Gabriel Wortman died Sunday after he went on a shooting spree in eastern Nova Scotia
- Police said the gunman started his 12-hour rampage on Saturday night around 11.32pm in Portapique
- Wortman collected mountie memorabilia, which he used to disguise himself as a police officer for shootings
- The shooter's obsession with the mounties was underscored by the 'shrine' he had erected at his home
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would introduce further gun control legislation prohibiting military-style assault weapons, a measure that had already been planned before the coronavirus pandemic
- Cops initially discovered 19 victims but on Tuesday, officers recovered four more bodies from some of the five properties Wortman 'burned to the ground' during his rampage
The death toll is Canada's deadliest mass shooting has risen to 23 after police said Tuesday they had discovered the bodies of four more victims.
Gabriel Wortman, a millionaire alcoholic whose denture business was shuttered by coronavirus, was shot dead after a 12-hour killing and arson spree across Nova Scotia.
The 51-year-old gunman victim's, who were scattered across the eastern province, include a 17-year-old, mountie Heidi Stevenson, a mother-of-two, an elementary school teacher, a nurse, a care assistant, a family of three, and a husband and wife who leave behind four children.
Cops initially discovered 19 victims but on Tuesday, officers recovered four more bodies from some of the five properties Wortman 'burned to the ground' during his rampage.
It was also revealed today that the gunman had an obsession with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, known as 'mounties'.
This infatuation, which his school yearbook showed spawned from an early age, reportedly saw him collect a haul of mountie gear including decommissioned cop cars he snapped up at auction.
Wortman delved into this trove of memorabilia to disguise as an officer, pulling victims over in his fake police vehicle before executing them point blank.
Police sources told Canadian media that the first two victims were Wortman's ex-wife and her new boyfriend, but he then easily slaughtered at random by pretending to be a police officer.
RCMP chief superintendent Chris Leather said: 'His ability to move around the province undetected was surely greatly benefited by the fact that he had a vehicle that looked identical in every way to a marked police car.'
Wortman is understood to have abandoned his fake cop car after he crashed it and resorted to stealing a vehicle from another motorist, sources told
CNN.
The shooter's obsession with the mounties was underscored by the 'shrine' he had erected at his home in Portapique, an acquaintance said.
Nathan Staples, who lives in nearby Great Village and was approached by Wortman a few months ago asking if he would sell his own decommissioned cop car, told the
Globe and Mail: 'He was one of those freaky guys, he was really into police memorabilia.'
Wortman's 1986 Riverview High School yearbook said he would likely one day become a mountie and old friends yesterday expressed shock as they remembered a 'great friend and amazing person in High School,' according to the
Chronicle Herald.
But neighbors have painted a different picture of the killer, revealing he suffered an alcohol problem and his denture clinic, the Atlantic Denture Clinic in Dartmouth which they say made him a millionaire, was forced to mothball during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Gabriel Wortman, the 51-year-old gunman who was shot dead after a 12-hour killing and arson spree across Nova Scotia, was also said to have an obsession with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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