Police watchdog investigating fatal shooting in Dartmouth, N.S.
HALIFAX — Police fatally shot an armed man who had been threatening another person in the Halifax area on Saturday morning, officials said.
Officers had been responding to a weapons complaint at a home in the Dartmouth community of Westphal shortly before 8 a.m. when the incident happened, said Cpl. Jennifer Clarke, a spokeswoman for the RCMP.
She said the 24-year-old man had been threatening to shoot another man and fled to a wooded area when police arrived.
“While police were attempting to locate him utilizing an RCMP police dog service, they were confronted by the man resulting in officers discharging their firearms,” she said.