SiRT Investigating After 29-Year-Old Man Dies During Arrest in Dartmouth, N.S.
The Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who became unresponsive after being handcuffed by Halifax Regional Police during an arrest at a Dartmouth residence on Wednesday night.
The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who died while being taken into custody by Halifax Regional Police in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Halifax Regional Police responded to a call around 10:55 p.m. on Wednesday regarding a man threatening a woman known to him at a residence on Hillsburn Court. According to SiRT, police received two 911 calls describing the man as experiencing a mental health crisis and becoming violent.
Police learned en route or upon arrival that the man was assaulting another man at the location. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the 29-year-old man being restrained by the other man.
After taking the man into custody and handcuffing him, officers found him unresponsive. Police removed the handcuffs, began life-saving measures, and called paramedics, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other man involved in the altercation was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Khalehla Perrault Russell, manager of strategic communications for SiRT, confirmed the investigation is ongoing.