According to information the BEI said it received from the RCMP, the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. Atlantic time in the Miramichi area in northern New Brunswick.The BEI said Mounties were responding to a person in distress and were told that the person may have a knife.
Police officers tracked the man into a building and saw he did have a knife. According to the police watchdog, an officer deployed a Taser on the man several times but the man allegedly continued to charge at officers.At that point, the BEI said one of the officers shot the man with their gun.
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