Halifax police say a homicide happened at a business on Brunswick Street in the city’s downtown on Thursday morning.
According to a release, officers responded to a weapons call at around 9:15 a.m., after “a man entered the business and attacked two men who were inside.”
A 55-year-old man who was stabbed died later in the hospital. The other man, a 66-year-old, was taken to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the suspect, a 25-year-old man, fled on foot after the incident and was arrested in the area a short time later.
The investigation is being led by Halifax Regional Police and the agency says it is “too soon to comment on the motivation behind the incident.”
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This is the fifth homicide to happen in the Halifax area since mid-November.
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Most recently on Dec. 21, an eight-year-old boy was shot while sitting in a vehicle in Dartmouth and police are looking for two suspects.
Two days later, police say a 28-year-old man was found dead inside a vehicle in Lake Loon. The death was first considered suspicious, but later deemed a homicide.
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