![]() He had his carbine sitting in the passenger seat beside him, and had just pulled on his body armour. Morrison was sitting at the intersection of a side road just north of the Shubenacadie River and Highway 2 when he spotted a cruiser coming toward him, driving south. She headed south on Highway 215 toward Shubenacadie where he was parked. "Chad, if there's anything to that last one, I'm gonna make my way to your position," Stevenson said over the radio at 10:44 a.m. Stevenson had failed the course when she'd taken it two years earlier, so she sent constables Austin Comeau and Chris Gibson.Ī few minutes later, Stevenson heard on the radio an unknown marked cruiser had been spotted in the community of Brookfield. Briers asked for two Enfield members who were trained to use carbine rifles to go to Colchester. Heidi Stevenson helped her cope with daughter's deathĪt 10:39 a.m. Heidi Stevenson, officer killed during Nova Scotia rampage RCMP eventually sent a tweet, alerting the public at 10:17 a.m. Bruce Briers, the risk manager at the Operational Communications Centre in Bible Hill, N.S., broadcast on the Hants East radio channel that all members should wear their hard body armour during their shift "just in the event you come across this vehicle."Ībout a half-hour later, Stevenson asked over the police radio whether a media release had been issued about the gunman's mock cruiser so the public could "be on the lookout for that." Throughout the morning Stevenson saw the messages sent out to all RCMP members about the gunman's identity, that he was considered armed and dangerous, and potentially using a Ford Taurus that looked like a fully marked RCMP cruiser.Īround 8:15 a.m. Stevenson was the most senior member on duty at the RCMP's Enfield, N.S., detachment on the morning of April 19, and directed where her team members should go as shift supervisor. The commission is tasked with examining the events of April 18 and 19, 2020, when Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people, including a pregnant woman, during the course of a 13-hour rampage through several rural communities. Bottom row: Emily Tuck, Joy Bond, Corrie Ellison and Aaron Tuck. ![]() Third row from top: Kristen Beaton, Lillian Campbell, Joanne Thomas, Peter Bond, Tom Bagley and Greg Blair. Second row: John Zahl, Lisa McCully, Joey Webber, Heidi Stevenson, Heather O'Brien and Jamie Blair. Top row from left: Gina Goulet, Dawn Gulenchyn, Jolene Oliver, Frank Gulenchyn, Sean McLeod, Alanna Jenkins. Twenty-two people died on April 18 and 19.
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