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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Stabbing death in Dartmouth
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HRM’s homicide count just two behind all of last year Latest victim hasn’t been identified by police pending notification of family members An autopsy was to take place yesterday RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
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HRM’s ninth homicide victim of the year is a 37-year-old man. At around 11:15 p.m. on Sunday night, a man called police and reported his friend was stabbed inside an apartment at 65 Primrose St. in Dartmouth. He was rushed to the hospital but died there at around 1 a.m. yesterday. “It is believed a man known to the victim attended the apartment where an argument ensued, which led to the stabbing,” said Theresa Rath, spokeswoman for Halifax Regional Police. “We do have several leads so at this time we’re not releasing a suspect description, but we’re asking anyone who may have heard or seen anything out of the ordinary to call police or Crime Stoppers.” But Rath said the victim was
The location of HRM’s latest homicide.
known to police. “We do believe the people involved in this incident are involved in the drug trade,” she said. “We can’t say for sure the stabbing is drug related, but we’re certainly exploring that it’s an underlying issue.”
When asked if a knife was recovered, Rath said only a “number of exhibits” were seized from the apartment. Dave Crocker lives down the street and his elderly mother lives in the apartment building where the victim was stabbed. Crocker said 65 Primrose St. (Majestic Manor) is fairly quiet, but the building across the street — Hampton Court — sees police activity nearly every day. “Every time you turn around, somebody’s getting stabbed or shot,” he said. While talking to Metro yesterday, Crocker pointed just down the road where he said a man was recently beaten with a bat. And the municipality’s eighth homicide victim of 2011, Angela Hall, was found with serious injuries in an apartment building a block away, at 44 Primrose St., earlier this month.