Police have ruled that RCMP officers who killed a man holding a knife in 2021 in New Brunswick should not face charges.
The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), from nearby Nova Scotia, concluded with a report released Thursday that two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers had reasonable grounds to believe the force used was necessary for protection, during a confrontation in Kingston Peninsula on December 31, 2021.
According to the report of SIRTa woman went to the detachment of RCMP in Hampton, New Brunswick, to report that he had been attacked by his former partner and that he had threatened to burn down their house.
The report says that when confronted by officers, the man, who was not identified, refused to drop a knife. Although he was struck by a stun gun and shot in the shoulder, he continued to rush at officers and a knife hit one in the face, the report said. SIRT.
The Nova Scotian agency said that while the first officer was on the ground, the man advanced towards the second, who then fired, hitting him in the abdomen.
According to the report, officers called paramedics and took the man to the hospital, but died before it arrived.
Source: Radio-Canada
