Investigation

Suspect Falls from Balcony While Fleeing Arrest

File Number: 2018-001
Date Opened: 2018-01-13
Date Closed: 2018-02-07

Date Published: 2018-03-12

Province: Nova Scotia

Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police

Status: Concluded
Decision: No charges laid

Summary

On January 13, 2018, SiRT received a request from the Halifax Regional Police to investigate injuries suffered by a male, the Affected Party (AP) , as a result of a fall from a third floor balcony at an apartment located on Evans Avenue in Halifax. The investigation was completed on February 7, 2018. At approximately 10:00pm on January 12, 2018, Halifax Regional Police Officers responded to a disturbance call on Evans Aveune. The call was from a tenant in the building who indicted a male (AP) in the building was threatening her boyfriend with a piece of wood. The attending officers, Officer 1, Officer 2and Officer 3become the Subject Officers in this investigation. Upon their arrival, they spoke to the building superintendent who informed them the male (AP) the police were looking for was in a third floor apartment by himself. The superintendent informed police the AP is the ex-boyfriend of the female tentant who lives in the apartment AP is in. The female tenant was contacted b…

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