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Man disguised as cop kills 16 in deadliest shooting in Canada in 30 years

Authorities said the shooter wore a police uniform at one point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser

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Authorities believe there might be an initial motivation for the attack but then it turned to randomness

BS Web TeamAgencies
At least 16 people were killed on Sunday after a man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. According to officials, the incident is the deadliest such attack in the country in 30 years. 

The suspected shooter, identified as Gabriel Wortman, 51, was dead, said officials, adding a police officer, identified as Constable Heidi Stevenson, a mother of two and a 23-year veteran of the force was among those killed. Several bodies were found inside and outside one home in the small, rural town of Portapique, about 60 miles (100 kilometers)