Senior Mountie Says Early Descriptions of Mass Shooting Not ‘Consistent’ With Reality

Senior Mountie Says Early Descriptions of Mass Shooting Not ‘Consistent’ With Reality
RCMP Chief Supt. Chris Leather is questioned by lawyer Rachel Young at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on July 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Kelly Clark
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The Mountie who was among the first to tell the public about the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia testified today that some of the early descriptions police provided were not “consistent” with the reality of what had happened.

Chief Supt. Chris Leather is the second senior officer to provide evidence before the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020 murders of 22 people by a gunman who drove a replica RCMP patrol car.