The Nanaimo Mill Shooting

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

In 2014, a disgruntled and disillusioned former employee of a Nanaimo sawmill returned to his workplace to seek revenge.

Canadian True Crime donates monthly. This month we have donated to:
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

If you or someone you know might be suffering from depression:
Understanding and Finding Help For Depression - CAM-H
Supporting a family member or friend with depression - Mayoclinic

Workplace Violence resources curtesy of Safer.ca:

Download the PDF of the 2018 report “Workplace Violence in Sawmills in BC”

Safer.ca - Safety Advisory Foundation for Education and Research * Red Shirt Foundation is now under their umbrella.

Credits: 
Research: Gemma Harris
Special thanks to Dr Lynne Jacques and Marlene Lunn
Writing: Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams 
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

Music credits:

Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams
Blue Dot Sessions - Palms Down, Gathering Stasis, Uncertain Ground, Cover Letter, Dawn Line Approaching
Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two, I’m A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honour
Swelling - Night I, Night II, Day I, Day II
Kevin McLeod / Incompetech - Long Note Two
Kai Engel - Maree, Delirium

Main information sources:

COURT DOCUMENT:
https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2016/2016bcsc2352/2016bcsc2352.html?resultIndex=7

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE RESEARCH STUDY REPORT:
https://www.safer.ca/docs/rsf_research_report_feb10__2018.pdf

News archives:

https://globalnews.ca/news/3102628/nanaimo-mill-shooter-to-learn-parole-eligibility-in-court-today/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/2966122/b-c-mill-shooter-was-depressed-defence-lawyer/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/2928791/guard-says-nanaimo-sawmill-shooter-was-like-a-zombie/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/2922525/trial-begins-for-man-accused-in-mill-shooting/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/2925892/crown-lawyer-relays-chilling-account-of-nanaimo-mill-shooting/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/jurors-see-video-of-kevin-addisons-mother-at-murder-trial/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/guns-and-ammo-found-at-addisons-house-testifies-rcmp-officer/ 

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/kevin-douglas-addison-devoted-father-says-neighbour-203310320.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS5hdS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANzmZUC25fSk5MynwUZdYLrUxj9xhO5qTpbQqFm42uBGs-yzMsD50MTCexYKiE3LpRAnW5xOpjtColKND9NGRSfs1PNHqvfLrWJwx7BT1iMz3uUz5jaZeYJNaRq39M4HZwkhrdVXmfPEo5BKTlDg5gaIUmCQ3urS_Zj8476XuE8y 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-shooting-fred-mceachern-michael-lunn-mourned-at-memorial-1.2629169 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-shooting-suspect-s-family-saddened-and-devastated-1.2628758 

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/friends-and-family-mourn-nanaimo-mill-shooting-victims-1.1056201 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/shooting-victim-fred-mceachern-fantastic-dad-and-hockey-coach-1.1018153 

https://vancouversun.com/News/Metro/family-of-nanaimo-shooting-victim-shares-grief-asks-for-privacy?r 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/shooting-survivor-takes-stand-at-kevin-douglas-addison-trial-sept-9/ 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/forest-company-s-vice-president-injured-in-sawmill-shooting-1.1016222 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/court-hears-details-of-nanaimo-bc-mill-shooting/article31757027/ 

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-shootings-at-western-forest-in-nanaimo-point-to-a-bigger-problem/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jayme-pasieka-murder-sentencing-edmonton-warehouse-stabbings-1.4049262#:~:text=Jayme%20Pasieka%20killed%202%20men%20in%20a%202014%20stabbing%20attack&text=Pasieka%2C%2033%2C%20who%20has%20schizophrenia,50%2C%20died%20in%20the%20attack 

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-accused-in-office-stabbing-rampage-found-not-criminally-responsible-1.2553241 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mourners-wear-red-not-black-at-michael-lunn-s-funeral-1.2638658 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shootings-at-western-forest-products-sawmill-in-nanaimo-leaves-2-dead-1.2627050 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1301120/police-incident-in-south-nanaimo/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shootings-at-western-forest-products-sawmill-in-nanaimo-leaves-2-dead-1.2627050 

https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/nanaimo-mill-shooter-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-and-attempted-murder 

https://vancouversun.com/News/Metro/accused-in-nanaimo-sawmill-killings-has-court-case-adjourned-for-month 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/mountie-describes-bloody-scene-at-site-of-deadly-nanaimo-workplace-shooting 

https://vancouversun.com/news/metro/suspect-charged-in-shooting-that-killed-2-at-western-forest-products-mill-in-nanaimo-with-video 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/shooting-victim-michael-lunn-a-big-hearted-family-guy-1.1018152 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/man-charged-with-nanaimo-mill-killings-makes-short-court-appearance-1.1296805 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1526072/accused-mill-shooter-may-get-severance/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1307561/wife-and-daughter-of-nanaimo-mill-shooting-victim-speak-out/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1323132/funerals-being-held-for-two-victims-killed-in-wfp-mill-shooting/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/union-boss-testifies-addison-filed-numerous-grievances-against-western-forest-products/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/mill-shootings-preliminary-hearing-over-trial-date-to-be-set/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/wife-of-nanaimo-mill-shooting-victim-doesnt-hold-hatred-in-her-heart/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/doctor-details-autopsy-results-of-nanaimo-mill-shooting-victims-during-trial/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-rcmp-officer-testifies-mill-shooting-suspect-emotionless/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-mounties-awarded-for-valour/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/emergency-room-doctors-describe-treatment-of-victims-of-mill-shooting/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/excavators-munch-nanaimo-mill/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/update-with-video-nanaimo-mill-shooter-receives-life-sentence-for-killing-two-men-and-injuring-two-others/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/walk-marks-two-years-since-sawmill-shooting/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/red-shirt-foundation-report-on-mill-workplace-violence-released/ 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/kevin-addison-tells-court-he-shot-four-men-at-nanaimo-mill-1.2350642 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/accused-in-nanaimo-sawmill-shooting-to-set-trial-date-in-april-1.1793250 

https://www.timescolonist.com/business/wfp-closes-one-sawmill-modernizes-another-in-nanaimo-1.1416699 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/security-policies-reviewed-at-sawmill-after-shootings-1.1024408 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/forest-company-s-vice-president-injured-in-sawmill-shooting-1.1016222 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/three-victims-of-nanaimo-gunman-identified-in-shooting-at-sawmill-1.1014909 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/495385681/?terms=ray%20addison&match=1 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/nanaimo-sawmill-shooting-accused-encountered-financial-family-pressures/article18653599/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/family-remembers-nanaimo-shooting-victim-suspect-in-court-thursday/article18363788/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kevin-addison-guilty-1.3782959 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shooting-kevin-addison-mill-western-forest-products-nanaimo-1.3878266 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kevin-addison-nanaimo-mill-shooting-1.3780833 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/crown-lawyer-relays-chilling-account-of-workplace-shooting-in-nanaimo-1.3752017 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-shooting-suspect-s-family-saddened-and-devastated-1.2628758 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kevin-douglas-addison-charged-in-nanaimo-b-c-sawmill-shooting-1.2628033 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-shooting-fred-mceachern-michael-lunn-mourned-at-memorial-1.2629169 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kevin-douglas-addison-charged-in-nanaimo-b-c-sawmill-shooting-1.2628033 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/four-life-sentences-for-man-who-fatallly-shot-two-former-co-workers-at-nanaimo-sawmill 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/find-mill-shooter-not-guilty-because-he-was-depressed-defence-lawyer 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1304646/sawmill-manager-being-hailed-a-hero-for-helping-end-nanaimo-mill-shooting/ 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/western-forest-products-reviews-security-after-nanaimo-shooting/ 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/hearing-for-mill-shooting-case-starts-in-nanaimo-1.1788420 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/western-forest-products-sawmill-workers-in-nanaimo-return-on-tuesday-1.1021043 

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/nanaimo-mill-won-t-reopen-for-at-least-a-week-after-shooting-1.1019719 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/jury-begins-deliberations-in-vancouver-island-mill-shooting-trial/article32082643/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-man-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-in-mill-shootings/article32110190/ 

https://www.safer.ca/default.htm 

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2016/09/15/accused-nanaimo-mill-shooter-diagnosed-with-major-depression-months-before-attack/ 

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/forestry-workers-strike-on-vancouver-island-1.4491038 

WEBSITES

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nanaimodailynews/obituary.aspx?n=michael-john-lunn&pid=170948113&fhid=12165 

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=frederick-james-mceachern&pid=170929897&fhid=12165 

https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/18062774 

VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye55T5gzxTY 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrVGBTDAzY 

Nanaimo bar

https://www.nanaimo.ca/about-nanaimo/nanaimo-bars 

https://montecristomagazine.com/food-and-drink/how-the-nanaimo-bar-got-its-name 

https://www.lazygourmet.ca/blog/story-nanaimo-bar/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo_bar