RCMP are expected to give an update today on a shooting death in Little Burnt Bay

    Tuesday, 4 June 2024 07:00

    By Tonya Organ

      The deceased and the arrested individual were known to one another.

    A fifty-seven-year-old man from Ontario was arrested Sunday night after a shooting death at a home in Little Burnt Bay. Lewisporte RCMP were informed of the shooting around 9:15 p.m. at a home on Maple Street. A man in his thirties is dead.  The deceased and the arrested individual were known to one another. RCMP Major Crimes Unit and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are involved in the investigation. Police plan to give an update this afternoon.

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