FILE PHOTO: Nova Scotia flags are lowered on the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border a day after a mass shooting by Gabriel Wortman, in Fort Lawrence, Canada April 20, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris
TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The gunman in Canada's worst ever mass shooting began the weekend rampage that ultimately killed 22 people after his girlfriend escaped him when he assaulted her, a top police official said on Friday.
Police did not give details about the nature of the assault or how she escaped and fled into the woods. Local media said she had been tied up. The woman's name was not provided. She is currently recovering from her injuries and cooperating with police.
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