Medical distress calls lead to 2 homicides in Colchester County, N.S.: RCMP

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted December 26, 2024 3:02 pm EST

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Two men have been charged with intimidation in southwestern Nova Scotia after police said they confronted a lobster buyer who went public about someone firing a bullet through his home on Saturday night. The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck. DD

The deaths of two men in Colchester County, N.S., have been deemed homicides.

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RCMP say a 25-year-old Pictou Landing First Nation man died on Dec. 21 and a 27-year-old man from Truro was reported dead the following day.

Investigators say the same two men checked into a hospital on Dec. 19 with serious injuries that were consistent with stab wounds.

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Police believe the victims were assaulted in Colchester County.

RCMP pronounced the 25-year-old dead after responding to a call for someone in medical distress at a home in Upper Onslow.

The following day at around 10 a.m., police responded to a report of the 27-year-old in medical distress at a home in Truro, and he was also pronounced dead.

The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner ruled the deaths homicides on Monday.