A man is dead after police entered a home in Yarmouth this morning.
Just before 7:30, RCMP officers from Yarmouth Rural and Municipal RCMP, and the Street Crime Enforcement Unit from Yarmouth and Clare executed a search warrant at a residence on Carol Avenue as part of an ongoing investigation.
Media Relations Corporal Chris Marshall says police identified their presence in the home, and a firearm was discharged.
He says officers observed a man with fatal injuries.
EHS was called, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was inside the home at the time of the incident.
Cpl. Marshall says the Serious Incident Response Team has taken over the investigation.
