RCMP say two people arrested yesterday in connection with the homicide of Daverico Downey have been released without charges. The 20-year-old was fatally shot on Downey Road in North Preston on April 23.
Thursday morning, police arrested a 33-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man in Dartmouth in connection with the homicide investigation. A search warrant was also executed at a home on Green Village Lane and officers confirm they seized a vehicle as part of their investigation.
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RCMP say they had to release the two individuals they had in custody late Thursday evening because there was not enough evidence to press charges against the pair.
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Cpl. Dal Hutchinson says the investigation into the Downey’s homicide remains open and active.
Hutchinson says RCMP are still appealing to the public for information about two vehicles that were seen fleeing North Preston shortly after the gunshots were fired on April 23. Investigators say a white car was seen leaving from the Alex Lane area and a second vehicle of interest, a dark coloured SUV, was also seen in the area around the time of the killing.
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Downey’s homicide was added to the Major Unsolved Crimes Reward list in May along with three other high profile murder cases. Anyone with information about the homicide of Daverico Downey or any other homicide investigation is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
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