The agency determined they opened fire because the civilian ducked behind a police cruiser and ran inside the hall. Gabriel Wortman is currently in the #CentralOnslow #Debert area in a vehicle that may resemble what appears to be an RCMP vehicle & may be wearing what appears to be an RCMP uniform. Two Mounties fired at a bystander who was close to the hall near a parked RCMP cruiser, in which another Mountie sat. Two firefighters inside the hall looked to Twitter for information and assumed the actual gunman was firing in their direction. (Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade surveillance cameras)SIRT director Felix Cacchione said the two officers fired their standard-issue carbines.

Source: CBC News March 02, 2021 18:52 UTC