Halifax Regional Police have charged a 68-year-old man with second-degree murder following the death of a man in Dartmouth, N.S., Monday night.
Police say they responded to a report of an injured man inside a residence in the first block of Portland Street at 8:49 p.m.
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When officers arrived, they located a man suffering from life-threatening injuries. Emergency Health Services pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The victim has been identified as 52-year-old Darren Clyde Reid of Dartmouth.
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In a news release Wednesday, police say Joseph Noel Landry of Dartmouth has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Reid’s death. He was arrested at the scene.
Halifax Regional Police Supt. Jim Perrin says Landry and Reid were known to each other.
“The nature of that connection we’re not going to get into, but they are known to each other,” Supt. Perrin said during a Wednesday news conference.
Supt. Perrin says Landry has a criminal history and is known to them.
Landry appeared in Dartmouth provincial court Wednesday morning to face the charge.
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