A man was killed in Whitehorse on Saturday morning and police have charged a 16-year-old girl in connection to the death.

Whitehorse RCMP were called to a house on the 200 block of Rainbow Road in Crestview at approximately 2:30 Saturday morning.

There, they found a 56-year-old man in critical condition. He was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police are not releasing the man's name to the public nor are they saying how he was killed.

Another Rainbow Road resident said he saw police cars and emergency vehicles in the neighbourhood at about 3 a.m. They had their lights flashing, but their sirens were silent, he said.

The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was watching television when something happening on the street first caught his attention.

"At about 2:30 (a.m.), I hear a vehicle go by, but really slow," the neighbour said.

He went to the window and a saw an older model green truck cruising down the street with no lights on. The neighbour thought nothing of it and went back to the TV.

Half an hour later, he saw several police cruisers move up and down the street "like they were looking for something." They were joined by at least one ambulance, according to the neighbour.

Police blocked off access to the street and were on the scene for the rest of the day.

Later in that same morning, a 16-year-old girl turned herself in to police.

She has been charged with second-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Her name cannot be published because she is a minor.

According to an RCMP press release issued this morning, the dead man and the girl lived together.

"They never talked to anybody," the neighbour said of the family that lives in the house.

"The kids would walk their dogs sometimes and say 'hello,' but that was it."

He said he believes a mother and her two teenaged children, one boy and one girl, have lived there for the last eight or nine years.

Rumours in Crestview are that the man was shot, but the Star has not spoken to anyone who heard gun shots.

The police are not releasing any details on what weapon, if any, was used in the incident.