Nova Scotia judge to preside over fatality inquiry involving Afghan veteran
HALIFAX — A provincial court judge in Nova Scotia has been appointed to preside over the fatality inquiry into the deaths of Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond and his family.
The Nova Scotia judiciary issued a statement Thursday saying Warren K. Zimmer was appointed to the post by Judge Pamela Williams, chief judge of the provincial court.
The provincial government promised an inquiry last December, almost a year after Desmond fatally shot himself and his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter in rural home in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S.
The 33-year-old soldier had been diagnosed with PTSD after two harrowing tours in Afghanistan in 2007.