Ten Years After Moncton Shootings, RCMP Still Struggling With Supervisor Training

Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters. On the evening of June 4, 2014, Justin Bourque was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun when he left his mobile home on a self-described mission to kill police officers. Driven by paranoia and hatred for government, the 24-year-old labourer fatally shot constables Fabrice Gevaudan, 45, David Ross, 32, and Douglas Larche, 40. Two other constables, Darlene Goguen and Eric Dubois, were wounded during Mr. Bourque’s 20-minute shooting rampage before he escaped into a wooded area at the edge of a residential subdivision....