Quebec Police Watchdog Investigates RCMP-Involved New Brunswick Fatal Shooting

Quebec Police Watchdog Investigates RCMP-Involved New Brunswick Fatal Shooting
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) at the Big Stop near Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 19, 2020. Tim Krochak/AFP via Getty Images
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MIRAMICHI, N.B.—Quebec’s police watchdog says it has been called in to investigate a report of an RCMP-involved fatal shooting of a man in New Brunswick.

The independent police investigation agency, the Bureau des enquetes independantes, says it has been told that Mounties responded to a report of a disturbed person in the Miramichi area on Friday night.