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Catching and killing the man who murdered 22 people over the course of 13 hours in Nova Scotia all came down to chance, RCMP officials revealed during a Friday press conference.

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As the police pursued 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, the gunman and an officer happened to stop for gas at the same service station, where the RCMP officer shot and killed Wortman, RCMP said.

Nova Scotia RCMP detailed Wortman’s deadly rampage on Friday, in what sounded like a plot lifted straight from a horror movie. At the beginning, Wortman disguised himself as an RCMP officer, equipped with a uniform and a car that was almost an exact replica of an official police vehicle.

Police believe this was why Wortman was able to unleash such mayhem.

“I’ve been a police officer for 30 years now and I can’t imagine a more horrific set of circumstances than looking for someone who looks like you,” Supt. Darren Campbell said. “That was obviously an advantage the suspect had on police, public, everyone he encountered.”