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KELOWNA –Global News has obtained shocking court documents that reveal an Okanagan man’s plan to commit a horrific massacre.

The information obtained paints a very unsettling picture of what might have happened if it weren’t for a police officer pulling over a vehicle that had a burned out headlight.

The court documents obtained by Global Okanagan reveal a mentally disturbed Kelowna man, 33 year old David Michael Toneff, was armed to the teeth, and intent on a murderous rampage when he was pulled over by a Kelowna RCMP officer earlier this year. Cst. Kyle Peers says inside the vehicle, he found a loaded pistol, a large cache of guns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition.

Psychiatric reports obtained by Global Okanagan News through an application for court exhibits also show that Toneff was planning on murdering his mother and father and perhaps others. They also reveal that Toneff was hoping a confrontation with police would result in his own death as well.

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That court application was argued recently by Global Okanagan senior reporter Blaine Gaffney.

“It was legal action that perhaps shouldn’t even have been required,” says Gaffney.

He says he had to appear before a judge to have the sensitive documents released after running into a legal roadblock.

“I was seeking the agreed statement of facts entered as an exhibit in a hearing that determined a Kelowna man is not criminally responsible for his crimes because of a severe mental disorder. The crown prosecutor refused to provide that document to me, and as the judge ruled, he had no legal grounds to do so.”

Gaffney says the judge agreed to release the documents which revealed that the 33-year-old Kelowna man had murder on his mind.

“I was also able to obtain the summaries of court ordered psychiatric evaluations of David Michael Toneff. They reveal he had murder on his diseased mind, when a chance encounter with police likely prevented people, including Toneff himself, from being killed.

Gaffney describes what happened the night when Toneff was arrested by police.

PREVENTING A MASSACRE by Blaine Gaffney

It was a night shift much like any other for Kelowna RCMP Constable Kyle Peers until he tried to pull over a car for a burned out headlight.

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The driver took off and crashed into a snow bank.

“He was just very silent, just looked at you blankly, had no emotion,” says Cst. Peers.

The constable searched Toneff’s vehicle.

“I found a loaded pistol on the front seat. In the trunk, which was already open, there was a big cache of guns, rifles, shotguns and countless ammunition.”

More than 2,000 rounds of ammunition were found along with two more handguns, five rifles, a semi-automatic shotgun, numerous magazines illegally modified to hold extra bullets, a large axe and a machete.

“I felt he was up to something, I’m not sure what,” says Peers.

Psychiatric reports obtained by Global Okanagan News through an application for court exhibits reveal just what David Toneff was up to — a mission to murder.

“He was loading up his vehicle with guns and sharp implements with the intention to cause death and harm to others,” says Cst. Peers.

Toneff knew there would be a confrontation with police.

“Which he would hope would finally result in his death at the hand of an RCMP officer.”

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Toneff was going to murder his mother and father, and perhaps others.

“It could have been a bad night, a tragedy for a Kelowna family and I’m glad it didn’t happen,” says Cst. Peers.

Court documents indicate Toneff’s father told police his son is a grade eight drop-out who was in the military for five years, serving in Afghanistan for six months, later being diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

By the time of his arrest, Toneff was certifiably insane, feeling increasingly despondent and desperate, at the end of his rope — believing his murderous intentions were morally correct.

Toneff, confiding to the pscyhiatrists his decision to kill others before ending his own life, just ‘felt right’.

“And its unfortunate to hear what the plot was in the end and what he was up to. I’m just glad i was able to stop it.”

That burned out headlight perhaps preventing a massacre.

Charged with 25 offenses, Toneff never did go to trial but a judge ruled he was not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.

Toneff is being held at a secure psychiatric institution in the Lower Mainland where he will remain until it’s determined he can be safely managed in the community.

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WEAPONS SEIZED AFTER TONEFF’S ARREST