As Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry begins its work, many tough questions remain

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For eight long hours, Nick Beaton was in agony as he waited to learn what had happened to his missing wife.

By the early afternoon on April 19, he knew a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie had killed several people in rural Nova Scotia before an RCMP officer shot him dead at a gas station north of Halifax.

"I was in my backyard bawling my eyes out, and I was on my knees praying," Beaton said, his voice cracking with emotion. As early as May 2011, police in Nova Scotia were told Wortman had said he wanted to "kill a cop" and was feeling mentally unstable. An officer safety bulletin, distributed by the Truro Police Service, said a police source had indicated Wortman was upset about a police investigation, had access to weapons and was having some "mental issues."

But none of those neighbours would corroborate the story to police at the time. MacKay said the behaviour of those people deserves closer scrutiny. "The failure of others to substantiate and support her statements on either the firearms or domestic violence led to do nothing," MacKay said.After the killings, several of the gunman's neighbours came forward to describe the man as jealous, controlling and abusive.

Researchers say the motives of men who commit mass shootings are often complex and difficult to discern, but one factor connects many of them: a history of hating women.

 

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