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Halifax police investigating suspicious death in Dartmouth

Police are seen investigating a suspicious death at a building on Pinecrest Drive in Dartmouth, N.S., on Jan. 19, 2018. Alexander Quon/Global News

Halifax Regional Police are investigating a suspicious death in Dartmouth.

According to police, officers responded to an apartment in 0-100 block of Pinecrest Drive at approximately 4:25 p.m., after receiving reports of a 42-year-old in medical distress.

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The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A police cruiser as well as a forensic identification unit were still on scene as of 9:30 p.m.

Police say the investigation is in its initial stages and they are currently treating the death as suspicious.

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