Neighbours shaken after fatal Dartmouth shooting, victim identified - BERITAJA

Halifax Regional Police person identified the unfortunate of a fatal shooting successful Dartmouth connected Friday, arsenic neighbours successful the area opportunity they’re still shocked by what happened.

Officers responded to a study of a shooting connected Lahey Road astatine about 10:30 p.m. connected June 26.

The unfortunate was recovered deceased astatine the segment and was identified Monday arsenic 39-year-old Thomas Junior Downey from North Preston.

“The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner’s Office did behaviour an autopsy and they confirmed the mode of decease to beryllium a homicide,” said HRP spokesperson, Const. Martin Cromwell.

“I would for illustration to widen Halifax Regional Police’s condolences to Mr. Downey’s family. We promote anyone pinch accusation to please travel forward.”

Police person said they don’t judge the shooting was random. No arrests person been made and the investigation is ongoing, constabulary said.

Neighbours described a frightening segment connected Friday night. A resident, who didn’t want to beryllium named for information reasons, said a speedy succession of gunshots rang out.

“I was retired connected my backmost porch, I heard 4 gunshots, accelerated succession,” they said.

“I was shocked. Actually, I was coming successful the house, my heartbeat was conscionable racing because I ne'er felt heard thing truthful adjacent before.”

Another neighbour, Richard Russell, said the sidesplitting “hits adjacent to home.”

“It was gutting, for illustration I’m really sorry for them and the group who are adjacent to them. It deed adjacent to location because we’re the aforesaid age, truthful it could’ve been maine successful different group of circumstances,” he said.

He added that galore families unrecorded successful the subdivision and it’s concerning what happened.

“Certainly if I were a parent, it would beryllium of interest to me. Stray bullets don’t discriminate,” he said.