The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating after a man who was the subject of an emergency alert in Nova Scotia Wednesday night was shot Thursday morning. The RCMP had issued emergency alerts for Lunenburg and Queens counties around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The alerts warned residents about a “dangerous man” with a weapon on Highway 210 in Chelsea, N.S., and advised them to find a safe location and lock their doors. The alerts were cancelled around 9 p.m., with police stating they no longer believed there was a risk to public safety. The RCMP responded to a report of a person with a weapon in the same area, on Highway 210 near Chelsea, N.S., around 9 a.m. Thursday. “Officers identified the man as the same person associated to an ongoing investigation about a suspicious person potentially in possession of a weapon from the previous day,” said police in a statement Thursday afternoon. “During the RCMP response, an officer discharged their firearm. The man sustained injuries consistent with a gun shot wound. Officers provided first aid on scene.” No one else was injured. The RCMP referred the matter to SiRT, which confirmed it’s investigating the shooting. SiRT is responsible for investigating all serious incidents involving police in Nova Scotia. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
