Halifax Police rule latest shooting death a homicide

Halifax Regional Police have officially ruled Monday night’s fatal shooting as a homicide.

Police identified the victim as 58-year-old Terrence Patrick Izzard of Halifax after an autopsy.

Officers found Izzard suffering from life-threatening injuries outside a residence on Cragg Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Monday night. He was taken to hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries.

Police do not have any information about a suspect and are asking anyone with information to come forward to help with the investigation.

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Izzard’s murder comes just two days after the shooting death of Shakur Jefferies, 21, who was gunned down outside an apartment building on Washmill Lake Drive near Clayton Park Saturday. Police are looking into any connection between the two Homicides.

Izzard’s death marks the eleventh homicide in the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2016.

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