There were fatal mistakes by police during the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.
In April 2020, 22 people were killed in Portapique, Nova Scotia, by a Denturist. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police made mistakes that cost people's lives according to an investigation led by an independent public inquiry.
The rural community of Portapique was the location of the shootings.
Mistakes ranged from officers accidentally shooting at a fire station in their attempts to stop the suspect to the Mounties not issuing a province-wide alert for the mass shooting.
According to Vice News, police thought he had died or was hiding in the immediate area after he killed many people. He traveled hundreds of miles to an area an hour away from the capital.
There was a chance encounter with police while filling up the gas tank of the stolen car that led to the shooting and death of the man.
"There had to be a lot of catastrophic failures for this guy to be on the loose for 13 hours, driving through Nova Scotia," Dave MacNeil, chief of the Truro Police Service was quoted as saying.
The commission was created to respond to criticism from the victims' family. The final report will be ready in November.
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