Warning: This story contains content that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. The killings that began Saturday night in the rural Nova Scotia community of Portapique and ended the next morning with the death of the gunman at a gas station started with domestic violence when Gabriel Wortman attacked his girlfriend, sources tell Global News.
Investigators believe Wortman and his girlfriend were at a party at a nearby home in the Portapique area when Wortman began arguing with her.
They left the party and sources believe Wortman escalated the argument back at his cottage — assaulting her and tying her up.