Ottawa police communications marred by confusion, errors after family's killing

Ottawa police admit they made mistakes last week when communicating key information about the city’s worst mass killing in recent history. 

Six people, including a mother, her four young children and a family acquaintance, were found dead inside a townhouse in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven on March 6. The woman’s husband and father of the children remains in hospital.

A 19-year-old man who was living with the family is in custody facing six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

According to police, they began receiving calls at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday and responded minutes later. In court, prosecutors said the accused was