Authors of a psychological assessment commissioned by the RCMP didn’t back up their conclusions about the gunman in Nova Scotia’s 2020 mass shooting, according to two researchers appearing in front of the public inquiry.
After the rampage in April 2020, an RCMP team that included in-house profilers and an RCMP forensic psychologist attempted to understand his state of mind at the time of the shootings and identify any behavioural patterns.
Kristy Martire, an associate professor at the University of South Wales in Australia, and Tess Neal, an associate professor at Arizona State University were brought in to review the report and they pointed out many things wrong with the report on the gunmans psychological state.
They said they never referred to any published works, they have a hindsight bias based on working so closely with this case, and opinions and beliefs being presented as though they are facts.
The 2 psychology professors will appear at the inquiry today to take questions.
Police say they have located the truck that claimed the life of a young motorcyclist this week.
On Monday, a motorcyclist crashed into the back of a truck while traveling north on Dunbrack Street by the exit of the 102. The truck did not stop after the crash and the 17-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries where he later died.
Investigators have been looking for him since Monday
Police said this is an ongoing investigation and have not disclosed if charges will be laid against the driver of the truck, and if he turned himself in or was found by police.
Nova Scotia is reporting 7 new covid-19 deaths and 1,877 positive PCR tests in 7 days ending June 18th.
During that period, there were also 44 new hospital admissions. The median age of those hospitalized is 75.
Last week, the province released its first monthly COVID-19 report, which stated there were 15 deaths attributed to the virus for the entire month of June, but stressed that there may be a lag in reporting and the numbers should be interpreted with caution.
Gas and diesel prices both dropped last night.
Gas dropped 3.9 cents a litre and diesel dropped 3.8 cents a litre. The new prices were set at midnight last night.
