A 33-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a fatal stabbing in Dartmouth.
Halifax Regional Police (HRP) responded at around 1:15 p.m. Monday to an altercation between two men in the 200-block of Portland Street.
According to police, officers arrived to find a man who had been stabbed. The victim later died in hospital.
A suspect was arrested “nearby without incident,” police said in a news release.
“The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service conducted an autopsy and ruled the manner of death to be a homicide,” said police.
“The victim was identified as 27-year-old Benjamin Ward Clattenburg. Our thoughts are with Benjamin’s loved ones at this difficult time.”
Jamie Duckenfield, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on Tuesday.
“Police are continuing to investigate the case. At this time, investigators do not believe that this was a random incident,” HRP noted.
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