Skip to content

PHOTOS: Motorcade in Surrey honours RCMP member, and other victims, killed in Nova Scotia shooting

First responders drove from Guildford Town Centre to BC RCMP memorial wall on Green Timbers Way

First responders from across the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade Thursday (April 30) to honour the victims of the Nova Scotia shooting, including RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson.

The multi-agency motorcade, organized by the BC Law Enforcement Memorial Committee, left Guildford Town Centre at 10:15, travelling to the BC RCMP Headquarters on Green Timbers Way where first responders drove by the BC RCMP memorial wall in recognition of fallen officers.

READ ALSO: ‘Multiple patients’: Recordings of first responders reveal chaos in Nova Scotia mass-shooting, April 23, 2020

READ ALSO: White Rock, Surrey RCMP join nationwide moment of silence for Nova Scotia victims, April 24, 2020

Stevenson, a 23-year member of the RCMP, was one of 22 people killed in the Nova Scotia shooting April 18 to 19. Among the other victims, there were two nurses, two correctional officers, a family of three, a teacher and some neighbours of shooter Gabriel Wortman.

Mounties across the country, including in Surrey and White Rock, took part in a moment of silence for the victims on April 24.

– With files from The Canadian Press

21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_1
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)
21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_2
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)
21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_3
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)
21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_4
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)
21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_5
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)
21422417_web1_200530-SUL-first-responders-motorcade-photos_6
First responders from around the Lower Mainland took part in a motorcade to remember the Nova Scotia shooting victims. (Photos: Shane MacKichan)


Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's national team, after my journalism career took me across B.C. since I was 19 years old.
Read more