Canada Shooting: 16 killed in Canada after a man wearing a police uniform showered bullets on people

Toronto, AP. In Canada Shooting, a man wearing a police uniform opened fire on people. 16 people lost their lives in this shootout. According to officials, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, a man in a police officer’s uniform opened fire, killing 13 people. It has been described as the deadliest attack in Canada in the last 30 years. Authorities have said that the suspected shooter has also died.

A police officer was among the 16 people killed in the shootout. Several carcasses have been found inside and outside a house in Portapic, a small rural port about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Halifax.

The police started advising the residents of the city overnight. Already, lockdown people are forced to close their doors and stay in their homes due to the Corona virus epidemic. Police identified the shooter as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, who lived in Portapic for a few days. Came to stay for Authorities said he wore a police uniform at a check point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police car.

Police first announced that they had arrested Wortman at a gas station in Enfield outside Hortax, but later said he died. Police did not clarify how it happened. He did not reveal anything about this. Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeill said it was the most brutal incident of violence in the history of our province. RCMP spokesman Daniel Bryan confirmed 16 people were killed in addition to the suspect. The deceased officer was identified as Constable Heidi Stevenson, another officer also injured in the shootout.