Three charged, including spouse, with supplying ammunition to Nova Scotia mass shooter
Posted Dec 4, 2020 9:35 am.
Last Updated Dec 4, 2020 10:32 am.
HALIFAX – Three people have been charged with supplying ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 people in the April 18-19 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
RCMP said 64-year-old James Blair Banfield, 52-year-old Lisa Banfield and 60-year-old Brian Brewster are charged with unlawfully transferring ammunition, specifically .223 calibre Remington cartridges and .40 calibre Smith and Wesson cartridges.
Lisa Banfield is listed on court probate documents as the common-law spouse of the killer, Gabriel Wortman, who was killed by police on April 19.
Police said the offences occurred between March 17 and 18 but those charged “had no prior knowledge of the gunman’s actions.
Investigators also said they determined the ammunition was purchased and trafficked in Nova Scotia.
A news release from RCMP said the people charged co-operated with police in the investigation.
