Halifax Regional Police charge man with manslaughter
Posted May 29, 2024 12:32:01 PM.
Last Updated May 29, 2024 01:00:44 PM.
Regional police have charged a man in connection to a homicide that took place in Dartmouth earlier this year.
Police said at roughly 7 a.m. on March 25, police received a report of a disturbance in an apartment building on Pinecrest Drive where officers found a man dead inside.
According to HRP, a 47-year-old man, who was known to the victim, was arrested, and released later that day without charges.
The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service conducted an autopsy and ruled the manner of death to be a homicide.
Police said the victim was identified as 56-year-old Ronald Edward Howell.
On Wednesday morning, police arrested 47-year-old Michael Anders McKinney in Dartmouth.
He was scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on Wednesday to face a charge of manslaughter.
