N.B. RCMP officer won’t be charged after robbery suspect’s shooting death in Moncton

The Codiac Regional RCMP and Moncton Fire Department were called to a house on Briardale Drive in Moncton on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (Derek Haggett/CTV Atlantic)

The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) says a New Brunswick RCMP officer won’t be charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a robbery suspect last fall.

The incident began after several calls were made to 911 in Moncton around 2 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2025.

Reports said a man robbed an RBC branch on Mountain Road with a firearm before fleeing on foot towards a residential area nearby.

SiRT says he then tried to steal a vehicle with someone inside at gunpoint and shot at another vehicle.

He then allegedly continued on foot, broke into a home on Briardale Drive and pointed his firearm at a person inside.

The homeowner told CTV Atlantic he was working in his basement when he heard “loud banging.”

“I come upstairs thinking it’s the cat knocking something over and I see this guy on the back porch and he just starts banging away on the back door and shattered the glass,” said Robbie Justason.

“I was going to try and scare him off, but he flashed a gun.”

Justason said managed to run out the front door.

“Scariest moment of my life. Probably the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me,” he said.

When police arrived at the scene they found the suspect inside the home. No one else was inside.

SiRT says the suspect appeared to comply with an RCMP officer’s commands but then retreated into the house.

The man allegedly fired two shots in the direction of an officer and stayed in the house for more than an hour and called 911 several times.

SiRT says he then set a vehicle in the driveway and the house on fire before leaving out the back.

“The male pointed his firearm at officers and threatened them. He ran to a neighbouring home that had been evacuated and attempted to break in,” reads a news release from the agency.

“The male was looking for something in his pants and threatened to kill officers. He turned around, raised his arms, and pointed his firearm at officers.”

SiRT says one of the officers fired three rounds from a carbine rifle, hitting the man.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

SiRT was contacted the same day of the incident.

Director Erin Nauss says she has since concluded there are no reasonable grounds to believe the officer involved in the shooting committed a criminal offence.

SiRT is responsible for investigating all serious incidents involving police in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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