N.S. police watchdog reveals RCMP shooting led to suspect’s death
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HALIFAX – A day after Nova Scotia’s police oversight agency said it was opening an investigation into an RCMP officer firing their gun, the agency has revealed the shooting led to the death of a suspect.
The Serious Incident Response Team said in a statement Thursday that it was investigating the “discharge of a firearm” by a member of the RCMP in Chelsea, N.S., about 100 kilometres southwest of Halifax.
And in a separate news release, the Mounties said the suspect, who was the subject of an emergency alert on Wednesday and was reportedly carrying a firearm, “sustained injuries consistent with a gunshot wound.”
Today, the police watchdog provided an update revealing the shooting led to the death of an adult male at the scene.
The RCMP referred questions to the oversight team, citing their ongoing investigation.
In an email, Serious Incident Response Team spokesperson Khalehla Perrault Russell said the agency had withheld information about the man’s death because his next of kin had not been notified.
“This is standard practice for SiRT as we never want family and friends to learn about a loved one’s death through the news,” Perrault Russell said in an email.
“SiRT is committed to being open and transparent and at the end of every SiRT investigation the director provides a detailed public summary of the investigation and how decisions and conclusions were made.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 10, 2026.