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Members of the Ontario Provincial Police arrived in Corner Brook to investigate Jorden McKay's shooting involving an officer.
CBC News has learned that McKay, 27, was the man killed by a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Force on Tuesday night.
McKay's friends and family, who has a criminal record and has already met the police before, have published online tributes for the young man.
Social media posts suggest that McKay was a father of two young children.
"He was energetic, spontaneous and had a big heart," said his cousin Amy Connolly.
"He was creative and loved music, he loves people, talks and is surrounded."
Connolly said McKay was a man who loved his family and who "was really trying to improve, but systems designed to help him often paralyzed him."
McKay was shot in a rental unit on Carriage Lane. (Cherie Wheeler / CBC)
A spokesman for the OPP provided little detail Thursday, only to say that investigators had left Ontario for Newfoundland on Wednesday night and that the investigation was just beginning.
According to NRC chief Joe Boland, two service agents arrived at a Carriage Lane house around 11:30 pm Tuesday, in response to a criminal complaint.
The court documents indicate McKay's residence.
McKay had a four-page criminal record, including charges of badault, unlawful possession in a dwelling and violations. The most serious incidents were convictions for armed aggression.
He was scheduled to appear in Corner Brook Provincial Court on January 7 for several charges.
Court documents show that McKay was accused Sunday of badaulting a woman and violating court conditions. In April, he was also charged with badaulting the same woman.
On Thursday afternoon, a friend launched a Go Fund Me campaign to help the family cover funeral expenses.
2 officers on leave
Boland, who did not answer the journalists' questions, did not reveal the nature of the complaint nor the circumstances of the shooting.
During the investigation, said Boland, a confrontation began between agents and McKay, and one of the officers unsheathed his weapon.
McKay died an hour later at the hospital.
Both officers involved have been on leave and will be badigned to administrative duties when they return to work while the investigation is ongoing.
Boland pointed out at the press conference Wednesday that putting an officer on leave did not speak of any reprehensible act.
In the meantime, the Alberta Critical Incident Response Team will conduct an external and independent review of the OPP investigation once it is completed.
An autopsy was scheduled to begin in St. John's on Thursday.
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