A 53-year-old Kings County man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Enfield, say Nova Scotia RCMP.

Police searched an apartment building in Kentville at around 6 a.m. on Thursday and arrested the 53-year-old suspect.

Officers were called out to Stage Road on Wednesday afternoon, where a 47-year-old Bedford man was shot. Emergency crews found him outside a residence with a gunshot wound, said police.

Police say they expect to be on scene all day Thursday.