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Originally Posted by Envitro
I would venture a guess it's standard procedure to not release any pertinent information to the number and type of murder weapons used since it could undermine investigations during the questioning on witnesses or potential suspects.
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
What I heard mentioned on this topic was that releasing the weapon type could have compromised the investigation into how the shooter obtained the gun and where it came from.
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Originally Posted by Azure
There are a lot of rumors that the shooter was an informant and perhaps had access to weapons. Releasing that info could potentially derail the investigation as to how he would have gotten that access, or even where the weapons came from.
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Azure's response to this is a potential answer but even then.. I don't see what it matters. Its not like he was using some one of a kind gun that you can only get from a secret lair like some video game. These guns are everywhere.
Its a standard police answer and it does make sense if like Envitro says there are questions about who did it. But this was solved. The guy was dead. It doesn't matter if its released or not. Police in Canada give out way too little information under the guise of 'active investigation'
(and no - politicians shouldn't be telling them what information to release)