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Police have not released any other details about the victims, but said that at least 10 had dead and there were multiple crime scenes, some of which police had not begun to process.

Jenny Kierstead, the founder of Breathing Space Yoga Studio, identified her sister, Lisa McCully, as one of the victims.

“Our hearts are broken today as we attempt to accept the loss of my sister, Lisa McCully, who was one of the victims of the mass shooting in Portapique last night,” Kierstead wrote in a Facebook post. “Our condolences go out to the other family members who are affected by this tragedy. Thank you for your support, it’s a hard day.”

Photo by Lisa McCully/Facebook

McCully, who often posted photos of her son and daughter to Facebook, was a grade three and four teacher at Debert Elementary, according to the school’s website. She also volunteered as a youth leader at a United Church of Canada bible camp in Berwick, N.S.

Police identified 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman as the suspect in the shooting that began in Portapique, N.S., on Saturday night and ended nearly 100 km away at a gas station in Enfield, N.S. At a press conference on Sunday, police said there were casualties at multiple locations. The shootings, they said, appeared “random in nature.”