Man fatally shot by police was from Truro
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog has identified the man killed by police in the Halifax area Saturday morning as 24-year-old Bradley Thomas Clattenburg of Truro.
The RCMP says Clattenburg was killed in the Dartmouth community of Westphal during an altercation with police after he threatened another man with a weapon.
Investigators did not say how many officers discharged their weapons or how many shots were fired.
Serious Incident Response Team director Felix Cacchione says Clattenburg’s next-of-kin has been notified.
Officers had been responding to a weapons complaint at a home in the Dartmouth community of Westphal shortly before 8 a.m. when the incident happened, said Cpl. Jennifer Clarke, a spokeswoman for the RCMP.
She said the 24- year- old man had been threatening to shoot another man and fled to a wooded area when police arrived.
“While police were attempting to locate him utilizing an RCMP police dog service, they were confronted by the man resulting in officers discharging their firearms,” she said.
Clarke did not say how many officers discharged their weapons or how many shots were fired.
She said the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation has been handed over to the Serious Incident Response Team, an agency called in to investigate all serious incidents — including deaths, serious injuries and allegations of sexual assault — involving police in Nova Scotia.
SIRT director Felix Cacchione said the agency is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death, adding the shooting took place near the Mariner Auctions building on Broom Road.
He said the agency is encouraging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward.
Mariner Auctions co-owner Brian Barker said the investigation was unfolding in the business’s parking lot, saying staff used the back doors of the building all morning and the incident delayed an auction by two hours.
Several police vehicles and ambulances were on scene throughout Saturday morning and afternoon, with a large area taped off by police.
Mariner Auctions co-owner Brian Barker said the investigation was unfolding in the business’s parking lot, saying staff used the back doors of the building all morning and the incident delayed an auction by two hours.
Several police vehicles and ambulances were on scene throughout Saturday morning and afternoon, with a large area taped off by police.