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RCMP requested an outside agency review a shooting incident involving their members early Thursday morning in St. Stephen.
About 4 a.m., officers responded to a report of a person in mental distress with a weapon outside a Ross Avenue home.
A man confronted the officers with a machete and refused to drop the weapon when asked by police to do so and moved towards them.
One RCMP member discharged a firearm.
The man was treated at the scene and taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound.
“Use of force is never an action taken lightly,” says Cpl. Hans Ouellette of the New Brunswick RCMP. “We are committed to being accountable and transparent to the communities we serve about police actions. That is why it is standard practice for the New Brunswick RCMP to seek an independent agency to review our actions when there are serious incidents involving our police officers.”
The officers involved in this incident were offered support services and were placed on administrative duties while a review is conducted.
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— RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) September 16, 2021
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