NS Mass Shooting Families Alter Class Action Lawsuit to Add Killer’s Spouse HALIFAX—The families of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have added the gunman’s spouse, her brother, and her brother-in-law as defendants to the original class action lawsuit against the killer’s estate. Documents filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on Feb. 5 add the names of Lisa Banfield, James Blair Banfield, and Brian Brewster in the notice seeking damages for deaths, property destruction, and injuries. The families’ lawyer says in a news release the amendments to the proposed class action were made following the Dec. 4 criminal charges laid against the three, alleging they illegally supplied ammunition to the gunman.