Police divers searching Dartmouth pond for weapon in Tyler Richards homicide

Police divers are searching a Dartmouth pond for a weapon possibly related to the homicide of a former Halifax Rainmen player.

Tyler Bradley Richards, 29, was found dead in a home in the 6900-block of Cooke Avenue in Halifax on April 17.

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His death was ruled a homicide, after an autopsy by the medical examiner.

On Thursday morning, members of the Special Investigation Section of the Integration Criminal Investigation Division and the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team were scouring the waters in Red Bridge Pond off Waverley Road.

Police confirm they are searching for a weapon that may be related to the homicide, but will not say what type of weapon.

“So that’s part of our investigation, we want to keep that close,” said Halifax Regional Police Const. Dianne Penfound.

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A description of Richards’ homicide on the Nova Scotia Department of Justice Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program confirms he was shot to death.

Police say evidence in relation to Richards’ death was previously found in the wooded area towards the end of Mountain Avenue near the pond. Penfound says that evidence led them to search the pond on Thursday.

In the days following Richards’ death, two other young men were shot to death.

Naricho Clayton,23, was shot and killed on Gottingen Street in Halifax and Daverico Downey, 20, was shot to death in North Preston.

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Halifax police continues to appeal for information from the public about the case.

“We do believe that there are people who have information that could help us solve Tyler’s homicide so that we would ask anybody with information to come forward because even the smallest tidbit of information could really help us with this case,” said Penfound.

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