Investigation
RCMP Search Warrant Execution Resulting in Death
Date Published: 2021-11-17
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Nova Scotia
Summary
SiRT was contacted by the RCMP in the early morning of August 13, 2021, and advised of the Affected Person’s (AP) death as a result of a gunshot. The gunshot occurred during a search under warrant of a residence in Yarmouth. An investigation was commenced that day and concluded on November 3, 2021. The following evidence was obtained, reviewed and considered in the preparation of this report: a statement of the AP’s parents, audio/video statements of seven witness officers (WOs) present at the scene, reports and notes of one WO, reports and notes of two officers who were not at the scene but were aware of the information used to obtain (ITO) a search warrant, the search warrant, photographs of the scene, Halifax Regional Police (HRP) Forensic Identification Service (FIS) reports, autopsy photographs and the Medical Examiner’sC ertificate noting the cause and the manner of death. As a result of information received in June 2021, one of the WOs began a Controlled Drugs and Substan…