An Amherst, N.S., man has been charged with public mischief after RCMP say he called police for a shooting that didn't happen.

Cumberland District RCMP were called Monday morning by a man claiming to be threatened by another man who was holding a gun to his face and had shot one of his daughters, according to an RCMP news release.

The man also claimed his vehicle had been set on fire.

Nearly 20 police officers and several volunteer firefighters headed to what they thought was the scene in Joggins, N.S., according to RCMP. The group included RCMP officers from as far away as Truro and police dogs from New Minas and Port Hawkesbury.

RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said the man had told police he was calling from a home on Main Street in Joggins, but officers quickly determined his call was actually made from a residence in Amherst.

No one in Joggins was being threatened or injured like the man described.

Officers with the Amherst Police Department found the caller and arrested the 46-year-old man. Clarke said she didn't know why the man had called police with the bogus story, or what connection he might have with the Joggins address he gave.

He appeared in Amherst provincial court on Monday and was remanded. He's scheduled to return to court on Aug.22.​

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