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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

CBC readjusted title to "mass killing".

In fact, the incident was not a shooting. Later Thursday, Staff Sgt. Jeff Pilon, one of the leads of the homicide unit, told CBC there was no shooting on Berrigan Drive.

A shooting inside a townhouse is not what most people would understand as a mass shooting anyway.


Completely unrelated, congrats to CBC for using OSM instead of GoogleMaps. First time I've noticed it.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They changed the title because it apparently wasn't a shooting, not because of potential connotations of "mass shooting."

A previous version of this story called the incident a mass shooting, based on an interview with police Chief Eric Stubbs. In fact, it was not a shooting. The cause of death has not yet officially been released.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I also said so myself?

told CBC there was no shooting

I'll edit my comment to fix this ambiguity.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the heads up, I've edited the title to reflect the change.

[–] dlpkl@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Is it fucked up that I'm glad it wasn't a shooting for political reasons, but also sad because anything less than a shooting was probably a hundred times more painful and terrifying for the victims?