One dead, two with critical injuries after late night shooting (update, 4 photos)
Posted Jul 2, 2020 08:01:00 AM.
One man is dead and two people have life-threatening injuries after a late night shooting on Canada Day.
Halifax Regional Police were called to Cork Street in the west end at 10:43 p.m. after gunshots were heard in the neighbourhood.
Responding officers found a man with gunshot wounds outside a home.
Inside they located a dead man and an injured woman. Police are describing the death as “suspicious.”
“As a result of the circumstances and the ongoing investigation, we were not in a position to initially release that one of the victims was found deceased,” police said in a news release.
The two other victims were rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Investigators believe all three people are known to each other.
As of 9:30 a.m., Cork Street is still closed from Dublin to Oxford.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.
