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Chapter 8: Close Encounters
From: Mass Murder, Police Mayhem
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In this chapter, Dean Beeby summarizes the numerous encounters between Gabrel Wortman and police prior to the mass shooting in Portapique as describes by the Mass Casualty Commission in its final report. This summary reveals a pattern of violent and abusive behaviour from Wortman, as well as a pattern of negligence and inaction from local police.
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Dean Beeby
Dean Beeby is an investigative journalist and author. Born in Halifax, he was Atlantic bureau chief for The Canadian Press news agency before his transfer to Ottawa,where he later worked in the Parliamentary bureau of the CBC. An expert in the use of freedom of information laws, he has authored several books, including one about the RCMP. His investigative journalism has also frequently focused on the RCMP.
