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  HALIFAX -- As the Nova Scotia RCMP continue to investigate the death of 20-year-old Quintez Downey they are asking anyone with information to come forward. Just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 27, police responded to reports of shots fired in North Preston. According to police, officers located Downey who was on his way to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. He later died as a result of his injuries. Downey's death was ruled a homicide following an autopsy by the Medical Examiner. Following the initial investigation, police say the victim was shot near the area of Clarence Street and ...

  COLE HARBOUR, N.S. -- Quintez Downey’s former basketball coach and youth advocate worker says he is shocked to hear the 20-year-old North Preston man has been killed. "He'd be the last person that I would think would have his life taken," said Darryl Johnson, a long-time basketball coach and recent candidate for Halifax Regional Council from Cole Harbour. Johnson learned of the news yesterday.  "When I listened to the voicemail, I was totally floored. I had to listen to it a third time just to make sure I was hearing what I was hearing correctly," he said, adding that it was a very...

  HALIFAX -- Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a man who was involved in what they're are calling a road rage incident. In a news release on Friday, the RCMP, along with Halifax Regional Police's Integrated General Investigation Section of the Criminal Investigation Division, said the incident took place in Lower Sackville, N.S. on Wednesday. At approximately 4:30 p.m., the Halifax District RCMP responded to an altercation between the occupants of two vehicles on Old Sackville Road. Police say, as a result of the altercation, one man was stabbed. The stabbing vic...

RCMP investigating arson of fishing boat in Eastern Passage Nova Scotia RCMP say a fishing boat was intentionally set on fire at a wharf in Eastern Passage in the middle of last week's snowstorm, and they're looking for tips. Social Sharing CBC News · Surveillance video shows alleged arson in Eastern Passage, N.S. 3 months ago 2:11RCMP released video surveillance footage of the wharf in Eastern Passage where they say a fishing boat was set on fire early in the morning on Dec. 18.2:11 Nova Scotia RCMP say a fishing boat was intentionally set on fire in the middle of last week's snowstorm,�...