The first witness has been called during the inquiry looking into the most deadly mass shooting in Canadian history.
Commander of PEI Operational Communications Centre Darryl MacDonald is answering questions about 9-1-1 dispatching system.
It comes a day after the inquiry went over what happened in Portpapique, N.S. on April 18, 2020.
That’s the night 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman began a 13-hour rampage by killing 13 people in the rural community in about 45 minutes.
Details during Monday’s proceedings, included the first 9-1-1 calls which revealed the identity of the gunman, and information about his disguise as an RCMP officer and his replica cruiser.
However, that information wasn’t relayed to the public until hours later and the reason to delay alerting the public is at the heart of the probe.
Later on Tuesday, the inquiry will examine police response to the mass shootings which claimed 22 lives over two days in northern Nova Scotia.
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