Mitchell William Coles News Today

Halifax Regional Police have charged a 26-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of Damien Lamoureux. Mitchell William Coles, 26, of Halifax, was charged Saturday with second-degree murder and possession of a weapon while prohibited.

  HALIFAX -- Police are now identifying the victim in what they originally reported as a shooting in downtown Halifax Friday night. Police now say they believe the man was stabbed, and are identifying the victim as 21-year-old Damien Lamoureux. On Friday, around 8:26 p.m., police responded to a report of an injured man on Barrington St. in downtown Halifax. Lamoureux was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.   Halifax Regional Police originally took thr...