Halifax police have officially identified the man that was killed in Dartmouth last week.
The 25-year-old has been identified as Zachery Jordell Charles Grosse of Dartmouth, which Global News previously confirmed with his family.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., on Oct. 22, police responded to a weapons call and located Grosse injured outside 25 Primrose Street.
He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries at approximately 1 a.m., on Oct. 23.
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Police say that an autopsy has been completed by the Medical Examiner Service and Grosse’s death has been officially ruled a homicide.
Investigators say they do not believe that Grosse’s death was a random act.
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The investigation is ongoing and police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call police at 920-490-5016 or to contact Crime Stoppers.
Grosse’s death was the sixth homicide of 2020 in Halifax.
–With files from Global News’ Graeme Benjamin
Update: This story originally referred to the incident as a shooting. That reference has been removed. Global News regrets the error.
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