Premier Stephen McNeil said Monday the province91裸聊视频檚 emergency alert system wasn91裸聊视频檛 used to warn people an active shooter was on the loose in northern Nova Scotia on the weekend because no request was received.
McNeil said the province91裸聊视频檚 Emergency Measures Organization has to be asked to issue an alert and that didn91裸聊视频檛 happen, but McNeil wasn91裸聊视频檛 about to place blame on the RCMP.
91裸聊视频淭his is a province in mourning. There will be lots of questions, but I can tell you I91裸聊视频檓 not going to second guess what someone with the organization did or didn91裸聊视频檛 do at this moment in time,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭his was an active environment 91裸聊视频� deaths, gunfire 91裸聊视频� let91裸聊视频檚 give them an opportunity as an organization to explain that.91裸聊视频�
Cpl. Lisa Croteau, an RCMP information officer, said the police force opted to use its Twitter account to warn people because the incident was unfolding.
The first tweet was sent at 11:32 p.m. local time Saturday and said police were 91裸聊视频渞esponding to a firearms complaint91裸聊视频� in Portapique, N.S. 91裸聊视频漈he public is asked to avoid the area and stay in their homes with doors locked at this time.91裸聊视频�
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The next message on the Nova Scotia RCMP Twitter account came at 6:02 a.m. Sunday, advising that police were still on the scene in Portapique and it was 91裸聊视频渁n active shooter situation.91裸聊视频� At 6:54 a.m. the suspect was identified in a tweet and a photo was published.
Chief Supt. Chris Leather Leather said the RCMP relied on Twitter because its account has thousands of followers and it was judged 91裸聊视频漚 superior way to communicate this ongoing threat.91裸聊视频�
But he said the question of why the provincial alert system wasn91裸聊视频檛 used is a good one. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檒l be looking at that 91裸聊视频� and I hope to have a more fulsome response tomorrow (Tuesday) or in the coming hours.91裸聊视频�
Before being killed by police, the shooter claimed at least 19 lives, including that of RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, at 16 locations across northern and central Nova Scotia, RCMP say.
In Ottawa, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said the question of how the threat was communicated will be looked at.
91裸聊视频淚n any incident such as this, we always have to look back at what we did,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淣obody can lose their life in vain, and Heidi will not lose her life in vain, nor will the (many) other victims.91裸聊视频�
Lucki did not say whether the suspect had a firearms licence.
91裸聊视频淲e have to determine at each location what weapon was used,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淯ntil we know exactly the cause of each death, we91裸聊视频檙e not in a position to say what types of weapons that the suspect was in possession of.91裸聊视频�
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