HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the death toll from the Nova Scotia mass shooting that occurred from Saturday to Sunday has risen to 19. <br /> <br />Citing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Post reports that 51-year-old suspect Gabriel Wortman had masqueraded as a police constable and utilized various firearms in the killing spree. <br /> <br />The police did not disclose the type of weapons used. <br /> <br />The 12-hour rampage started in the rural town of Portapique on Saturday evening. Wortman initially drove a detailed replica of a mounted police cruiser. <br /> <br />The suspect committed murders at no fewer than 16 locations before being cornered and shot dead by police at a gas station near Halifax. By that time, he had obtained another silver SUV via unknown means. <br /> <br />As multiple buildings and cars were set ablaze, possibly by Wortman, the RMCP say they are still recovering and counting the dead. <br /> <br />The police say the crimes "appear to be, at least in part, very random in nature," but added that Wortman did have a connection with some victims. <br /> <br />Constable Heidi Stevenson, a 23-year veteran of the Nova Scotia RCMP; elementary school teacher Lisa McCully; and the suspect Wortman were among the 19 slain, a number the police say will almost certainly increase. <br /> <br />RCMP Constable Chad Morrison was shot in a confrontation with the suspect but he is currently recovering at home.
