New Brunswick RCMP has requested an independent agency conduct an investigation after a man was shot dead by an RCMP officer in Kingston, N.B. on Friday.
In a release, police said that at 3:47 a.m., members from Hampton Detachment responded to a call at a residence and upon arrival came across a man who was the subject of the complaint.
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The situation devolved resulting in members shooting the man.
“First aid was immediately administered on the scene and the man was taken to hospital, where he later died,” police said.
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One officer was also injured during the incident, treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and is now at home.
According to police, the Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), an independent agency, will conduct an investigation of the incident.
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