Investigation
Death in Police Presence
File Number: 2015-003
Date Opened: 2015-02-12
Date Closed: 2015-09-21
Date Published: 2015-11-04
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police, RCMP Nova Scotia
Status: Concluded
Decision: No charges laid
Summary
On February 12, 2015, members of the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and RCMP Integrated Criminal Investigative Division responded to information they received about a threat of a mass shooting at a Halifax shopping mall to occur on February 14, 2015. Their investigation led them to a residence on Tiger Maple Drive in Timberlea. After making phone cont act with a 19- year-old male at that residence, the Affected Person (AP), a gunshot was heard. Police confirmed AP was deceased shortly after 1a.m. SiRT was first contacted after the gunshot was heard, and began their investigation after AP’s death was later confirmed. SiRT’s primary investigator was on scene early the next morning and entered the residence, along with police investigators and the Medical Examiner, after police had obtained a warrant to enter the premises. The investigation concluded on September 21, 2015. During the investigation, SiRT conducted interviews, or received notes and/ or reports, from 39witness officers…