Updated at 7:04 Beijing time:
At 5 p.m. local time on the 19th, the Canadian police announced that the killer of the shooting that occurred from the night of the 18th and lasted for more than 10 hours had died, and the murderer had caused at least 10 deaths, including 1 policeman, and many others were injured.
The case began on the evening of the 18th local time, located in Portapique, Nova Scotia, when the police received multiple alarm calls and went out. Around 23:30, they saw police and firefighters arrive near a residence where fires were on fire at multiple locations, according to witnesses near the scene. But police later did not say whether the locations of the fires were linked to the shooting.
However, local residents said they heard multiple gunshots, and police soon issued a warning to local residents via social media, asking people to stay in the basement of their homes to prevent being injured by the gunmen. Police said the killer was driving the vehicle, which resembled a police car, and was wearing a police uniform. Therefore, there was a rumor at one time that the murderer was the police. But it was later confirmed that the killer, Gabriel Wortman, 51, was white and had nothing to do with the police.
The police said the killer committed crimes at multiple locations and drove to the busiest highway in the area, highway 102, and the police launched a pursuit of him, during which time, he engaged in several gun battles with the police. Although the local media have reported the news, until the press conference at 5 p.m. local time on the 19th, the media reports could not confirm how many people were killed and injured, and whether the murderer died.
At a press conference at 5 p.m. on the 19th, the police still did not give an accurate figure on how many people died and how many people were injured, but said that at least 10 people died, including a 23-year-old female policeman. He also said that the case has just begun to be investigated, and the motive of the murderer is still unclear.
It is understood that the pursuit operation finally ended at an exit of highway 102 at noon on the 19th, and there is a gas station nearby, but whether the murderer was killed or committed suicide, the police have not yet clarified.
During the course of the case, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and Nova Scot Governor McNeil expressed their condolences to the families of the victims, calling the case "catastrophic" and causing great trauma to the local population.
Updated at 5:44 Beijing time:
At 6 p.m. local time on the 19th, the Canadian police held a press conference in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, announcing that the shooting that occurred from the evening of the 18th local time and lasted for more than ten hours until the end of the day on the 19th had caused more than a dozen deaths, including a policeman, and many others were injured, and the gunman had also died. But police did not give details of the number of deaths and injuries.
The male killer, Gabriel Wortsman, is 51 years old, white. The police said that the current case is only a preliminary investigation, and the motive of the murderer is still unclear. (Reporter Zhang Sen)