The 2024 New Brunswick Homicide Victim List is available here

Neguac RCMP Detachment responded to a call for assistance from a member of the public who had sustained a firearm-related injury on September 5th at approximately 1:47 p.m.

On arrival, police located 48-year-old Mark Mitchell deceased, and another man with injuries. The injured man was transported to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.

According to CBC, Keith Maurice Martin, 47, was arrested in the Esgenoôpetitj area on Friday September 6th 2024, and charged with second-degree murder.

Update: Keith Martin of Maine had been found guilty of the second-degree murder of Mark Dwayne Mitchell. On September 15th 2026, he was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 14 years for the second-degree murder conviction.

He also received a nine-year prison sentence for the attempted murder conviction, which will be served concurrently with the life sentence.