Regina man’s death now deemed homicide

A 36-year-old Regina man died last Thursday and the Regina Police Service and Saskatchewan Coroners Service determined it to be a homicide.

Officers were called to a home in the Washington Park neighbourhood around 11:55 a.m. for a report of an injured person.

Police received information that a man was the victim of an apparent overdose.

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Both police and EMS attended to the man, but he was pronounced dead by 12 p.m.

Police say this is Regina’s first homicide of 2023, noting that next of kin have been notified and the name of the man will not be released at this time.

Anyone who has information is asked to call Regina police at 306-777-6500.

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