Suspicious death in Halifax deemed a homicide
Victim identified as 61-year-old Donald Scott McKay
Halifax Regional Police say the suspicious death of a man reported earlier this week is now being investigated as a homicide.
On Tuesday at 3:10 p.m. AT, officers responded to a weapons complaint at a home on Morris Street. There, they found a man with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital where he died.
Police have identified the man as Donald Scott McKay, 61.
Halifax Regional Police also found a 71-year-old man who was taken to hospital with injuries.
Police say they do not believe it was a random incident.
Shortly before police responded to the scene, a man entered a nearby convenience store and told the store owner that he had "just killed a man." The store owner said he had blood dripping from his hand.
Police have not confirmed if those incidents are related.
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