An independent police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man shot and killed by RCMP responding to a domestic disturbance in Neqotkuk First Nation in northwestern New Brunswick early Sunday evening.

Investigators are now in the community, formerly known as Tobique, about 180 kilometres northwest of Fredericton, the Serious Incident Response Team said Monday afternoon.

Neqotkuk First Nation Chief Ross Perley and council have identified the victim as community member Bronson Paul — “a son, father, brother, partner, nephew and so much more.”

“We understand that our community members are angry, confused, scared and shocked. We share that sentiment,” they said in a news release on social media late Sunday night, about an hour after the watchdog agency, known as SIRT, announced the fatal “police-involved shooting.”