Cst. Heidi Stevenson, Reg. No. 45161, tragically lost her life in the line of duty on April 19,2020 during a devastating active shooter incident that occurred in Nova Scotia. Cst. Stevenson (nee Burkholder) was among 22 people killed by a gunman who started attacking neighbours and strangers in Portapique, N.S., in the night on April 18. The 48-year-old RCMP constable was among those killed the next day after she rammed her cruiser into the vehicle being driven by the suspect, who was dressed as a Mountie and behind the wheel of a replica RCMP cruiser. After the collision, the shooter managed to get out of his car, kill Cst. Stevenson and take her sidearm. Investigators say the gunman's vehicle was almost identical to the marked cruisers used by the RCMP. The gunman was eventually killed by an RCMP officer who spotted him at a gas station in Enfield, N.S., at 11:26 a.m. on April 19. By that time, the suspect was driving a stolen car - the second of two he had taken from people he had killed.
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