Nova Scotia shootings began after gunman attacked his girlfriend, according to sources
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Nova Scotia shootings began after gunman attacked his girlfriend, according to sources
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April 23, 2020
The killings that began Saturday night in the rural Nova Scotia community of Portapique and ended the next morning with the death of the gunman at a gas station started with domestic violence when Gabriel Wortman attacked his girlfriend, sources tell Global News. Ottawa bureau chief Mercedes Stephenson has more on these exclusive new details.
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Nova Scotia shootings began after gunman attacked his girlfriend, according to sources
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April 23, 2020
The killings that began Saturday night in the rural Nova Scotia community of Portapique and ended the next morning with the death of the gunman at a gas station started with domestic violence when Gabriel Wortman attacked his girlfriend, sources tell Global News. Ottawa bureau chief Mercedes Stephenson has more on these exclusive new details.
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