Suspicious death of man in Antigonish County ruled a homicide: N.S. RCMP

The medical examiner has ruled a suspicious death in Antigonish County, N.S., a homicide.

Police are treating the suspicious death of a 42-year-old man in Nova Scotia’s Antigonish County as a homicide.

The RCMP responded to a report that a man had been found dead outside on Arthurs Point Lane in West Arm Tracadie, N.S., around 7 p.m. on May 21.

They believed the man’s death to be suspicious, and the Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit took over the investigation.

“On May 26, the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service determined that the manner of death was homicide,” said the RCMP in an update on the case Thursday.

“Evidence collected to date indicates this was a targeted incident and there’s no risk to public safety.”

Police told CTV News Atlantic no arrests have been made in the case.

The RCMP is asking anyone with information that could help with the investigation to contact the Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit at 902-365-3120. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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