The Serious Incident Response Team has confirmed it is investigating the death of a man in Fredericton earlier this week.
Agency provides a couple of details about developments that day
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· Posted: Nov 04, 2026 1:54 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The house on Murray Avenue where Fredericton police responded to a disturbance earlier this week. (Myfanwy Davies/CBC)
A police oversight agency has confirmed it is investigating the death of a man on Fredericton’s north side earlier this week.
Fredericton police said earlier that they responded to a disturbance outside a home on Murray Avenue at about 11:15 p.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a man had barricaded himself inside the home with a weapon, a release from police said.
The Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, said Wednesday that it immediately received a referral about the incident from the Fredericton Police Force.
A release from the oversight agency included a couple of details about developments that night at the Murray Avenue address, but little information has been shared with the public.
SIRT said the Fredericton Police Force emergency response team and crisis negotiators were at the scene for two hours,
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