Investigation
Fatal Shooting During Armed Altercation
Date Published: 2022-05-13
Province: New Brunswick
Police Agency: RCMP New Brunswick
Summary
The Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) was advised in the early morning of December 31, 2021, by the RCMP Criminal Operation s officer (CrO ps) for New Brunswick of an officer involved fatal shooting which had occurred earlier that same morning. The SiRT investigation began that day and was completed on May 4, 2022. The following evidence obtained during the investigation was reviewed and considered in the preparation of this report: civilian witness statements of the Affected Person’s (AP) live-in partner and the AP’s stepmother (CW1 & CW2), pathologist’s autopsy report and autopsy photographs, personal notes and /or reports of five Witness Officers (WOs) all of whom were not present when the incident occurred, personal notes and/or reports of six Forensic Identification Officers, personal notes or reports of seven police investigators acting under the direction and supervision of the SiRT investigator, scene photographs and video, scene diagram and measurements, Subjec…