Man found dead following barricaded standoff with police in Porters Lake

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand & Chris Halef

Nova Scotia RCMP say a man has been found dead on Thursday following an incident where he barricaded himself inside a home in West Porters Lake.

According to RCMP, officers responded to a situation where a man, believed to be armed, barricaded himself inside a home on the 1300 block of West Porters Lake Road.

On social media platform X, police asked neighbours and people in the surrounding area to stay in their homes as a precaution as they turned off power temporarily in an attempt to work towards a peaceful resolution.

Power was later turned back on and in a final update at 12:30 p.m., Mounties said a man was found dead inside the home.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.