"There were many dead. When the shooter was taken down at the Irving gas station north of Halifax International Airport, a source told me, the RCMP and Halifax police were in a state of chaos. No one knew who was in charge or what they wee supposed to do. 'It was a shit show'. One police officer figured out that someone who looked like the shooter was at a gas pump and was acting 'hinky'. The shooter knew he had been identified, reached for a weapon and had been shot by the curious and alert officer."

Paul Palango 22 Murders

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This chaos was present during the shooter's rampage when a Mountie was discussing an issue with another first responder outside a fire station, standing beside his police car when two Mounties drove up, exited an unmarked with carbines and opened fire. Thankfully they missed with their barrage of bullets many of which nearly hit firefighters inside the hall.