THUNDER BAY – Police are currently speaking with witnesses in connection with an incident that left one man dead earlier today.
Officers were dispatched just after 2:30 a.m. on Monday, March 23, to the 500-block of May Street North. When officers arrived, they located an adult male with significant injuries who was transported to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
The male, from the Toronto area, died from his injuries just before 3:30 a.m., according to a previous Thunder Bay Police Service media release.
No arrests have been made yet, according to police Det. Insp. John Fennell, but persons of interests have been identified.
He also says it appears the victim and suspect somehow knew each other and that early stages in the investigation indicate the incident was drug-related. An autopsy of the deceased will be performed Tuesday by a pathologist in the city, instead of going to Toronto due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19.
Police say they are also dealing with misinformation regarding this incident and encourage members of the public not to jump to conclusions from any information that hasn’t been verified or confirmed by police.
Police are still in the process of notifying the victim’s family.
This is the city’s fourth homicide of 2020.
