A man from Deschambault Lake has died after being shot by RCMP officers during a confrontation in a wooded area near the community Friday morning.

Two RCMP officers encountered five individuals in the area at around 8:41 a.m. In a press release issued on Saturday, the RCMP reported that a confrontation occurred between one of the individuals and the two officers. The officers shot the man and provided medical assistance before he died at the scene. The RCMP report that his family has been notified.

No officers were injured during the incident. A firearm and several replica firearms were located and seized at the scene.

The officers arrested four people at the scene, two of which were released without charge. The other two, 31-year-old Earl Ballantyne from Pelican Narrows and 20-year-old

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