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Halifax Regional Police is investigating a homicide that occurred in Dartmouth yesterday morning.
At approximately 7:10 a.m. police received a report of a disturbance in an apartment building on Pinecrest Drive. Officers located a man inside the building who was deceased. Officers arrested a 47-year-old man, who was known to the deceased, at the scene. The 47-year-old man was released later that day without charges.
The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service conducted an autopsy and has ruled the manner of death to be a homicide. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Investigators believe this was not a random incident and are not looking for additional suspects at this time.
Anyone with information or video from the area is asked to call police at 902-490-5020.
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