Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit is investigating after a 63-year-old man was shot and killed by police in Norway House.

 

RCMP say officers were called to a disturbance at a residence on July 5th around 3:35 p.m., after reports the man had allegedly threatened someone inside the home with a firearm.

Police say the man later barricaded himself in a shed with access to firearms.

 

RCMP say crisis negotiators attempted to de-escalate the situation, but shortly before 7:30 p.m., a confrontation occurred and the man was shot by police.

 

Officers and local EMS provided first aid, but he died from his injuries.

 

No other injuries were reported.