An RCMP officer will not face charges after fatally shooting a man in Elsipogtog First Nation last fall.

The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) released the findings of its months-long investigation on Thursday.

Officers responded to a report of a suicidal man armed with weapons on the evening of Sept. 8, 2024.

They arrived on the scene to find an intoxicated man in a bedroom holding “multiple” throwing axes, said the report.

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Investigators said one of the officers fired his taser after the man threw one of the axes toward them and others in the home.

The taser was ineffective, and the other officer fired his gun after the man tried to throw a second axe.

Paramedics were called to the scene, and the man was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Erin Nauss, director of SiRT, said she determined the officer acted to deter a “reasonably apprehended threat.”

“I am further convinced the discharge of a firearm by the [officer] constituted reasonable force in the circumstances,” Nauss wrote in her report.

The full report is available here.