Regimental memorial service scheduled for Mountie killed in Nova Scotia mass shooting – Halifax
A memorial service for the RCMP regiment will be held next week in Nova Scotia for Const. Heidi Stevenson.
She was one of 22 people killed in April 2020 in worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history.
The RCMP said a private ceremony in the Halifax area is scheduled for June 29 at 1pm
Const’s high school friends. Heidi Stevenson and how they came together to honor her legacy
The service will begin after a procession of uniformed officers arrives at Cole Harbor Place after it marches along the Forest Hills Parkway from Saint Vincent de Paul Church.
On the morning of April 19, 2020, Stevenson was on duty in the Shubenacadie area of central Nova Scotia when a lone gunman piloting a replica RCMP cruiser crashed his vehicle into his patrol car. Teacher.
An investigation revealed that the 49-year-old officer exchanged guns with the suspect, and it appears fragments from one of her bullets lodged in the side of his head.
Stevenson grew up in Antigonish, NS, and graduated from Acadia University in Wolfville, NS, with a bachelor of science degree.
During her 23 years with the RCMP, she participated in the Music Race and worked as a drug identification specialist as well as in media and community policy. The couple’s mother also served as a high school liaison officer in Cole Harbor, NS .
This Canadian Press report was first published on June 23, 2022.
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