Police Treating Suspicious Death as Homicide

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(10:42 p.m.)

The HRP/RCMP Integrated Major Crime Unit is currently investigating a suspicious death in Halifax.

At approximately 8:40 p.m. Halifax Regional Police responded to a weapons call in the 2700 block of Clifton Street in Halifax. One man was pronounced deceased at the scene, and a second man was taken to hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation is in its early stages. Though the medical examiner has not yet determined the cause of death, police are treating this incident as a homicide.