Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: December 4, 2017
• Invested on: July 06, 2018

Constable Mathieu Daigle, M.B.
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Constable Fabrice Gevaudan, M.B. (posthumous)
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Corporal Peter Cyril MacLean, M.B.
Moncton, New Brunswick
Constable Robert Nickerson, M.B.
Moncton, New Brunswick
Constable Dave Ross, M.B. (posthumous)
Moncton, New Brunswick
Constable Erik White, M.B.
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Constable Eric Dubois, M.B.
Gatineau, Quebec
Constable Nicolas Gilfillan, M.B.
Memramcook, New Brunswick
Constable Shelly L. Mitchell, M.B.
Moncton, New Brunswick
Constable Douglas Larche, M.B. (posthumous)
Moncton, New Brunswick

On June 4, 2014, 10 members of the Codiac Regional RCMP risked their lives as they engaged in a manhunt for a shooter in Moncton, New Brunswick. When a call came in about a heavily armed man seen walking through a neighbourhood, the officers were dispatched to establish a perimeter and engage the suspect. The following recounts each member’s act of bravery as the incident unfolded.

Responding to a call about an armed man in the neighbourhood, constables Gevaudan and Daigle found the suspect in the woods behind a house and started closing in on him. The gunman opened fire, fatally wounding Cst. Gevaudan. At risk of being shot, Cst. Daigle, now joined by Cpl. MacLean and Cst. Nickerson, moved their fallen colleague to a safer location and administered first aid. The suspect fled the scene.

Moments after the suspect emerged from the woods, Constable Dave Ross intercepted him as the man threatened civilians in a vehicle. Cst. Ross accelerated his SUV to position himself between the shooter and the targets, and fired at the gunman through his windshield. In the exchange that followed, Cst. Ross was fatally wounded. Witnessing the scene from his cover further down the street, Cst. Erik White ran to the SUV to retrieve Cst. Ross and bring him to shelter.

Constables Dubois and Gilfillan were responding to a call of an officer trapped in a police vehicle and taking fire. As shots rang out, Cst. Dubois provided cover to the trapped officer. Then, while attempting to report the gunman’s location, he was wounded by bullet fragments and had to fall back to take cover at a fire station. Cst. Gilfillan was eventually able to extract the trapped officer from the area of danger, while Cst. Dubois was
brought to hospital by Cst. Mitchell, who had commandeered a civilian vehicle.

Constable Larche was in the process of establishing a containment perimeter around the area of the shooting when he suddenly came under fire from the suspect. Despite being outgunned, Cst. Larche actively engaged the suspect himself before being fatally wounded.