Nova Scotia man subject of brief manhunt charged with attempting to murder woman
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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia RCMP have accused a man of attempting to kill a woman known to him before he was arrested on the weekend in a wooded area in suburban Halifax.
RCMP said that around 7 a.m. on Saturday, officers were dispatched to South Farmington in the Annapolis Valley, where the 31-year-old woman had been shot before the suspect fled in a damaged vehicle.
The woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Mounties in Halifax later spotted the vehicle in the Beaver Bank area north of Halifax, but the suspect escaped by driving around a tire-deflation device before fleeing south to Bedford, where the vehicle crashed into the woods behind a mall.
At the time, police issued an emergency alert to warn the public that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous.
Police emergency response teams tracked down the man and arrested him in the woods, though the firearm allegedly used in the earlier shooting was not found.
Aside from an attempted murder charge, the 36-year-old man from Annapolis County has also been charged with eight firearm offences, two vehicle-related offences, flight from police and failure to comply with three release orders.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 10, 2026.