Security camera footage shows 37-year-old Cortrell Thomas approach the entrance to a home on Ancona Place in Dartmouth, N.S., before two suspects appear from the right side of the frame and open fire from the street.
Multiple gunshots ring out before the shooters turn and run back towards a nearby park.
The security video was captured from the residence where the shooting occurred and was posted to social media. Police confirmed they have the video but wouldn’t say much else about the investigation.
“We understand that there is a video that has surfaced that shows that (homicide) and that’s obviously something that is relevant and something that we (and our investigators) are working with,” said Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan MacLean.
The shooting occurred Monday night around 9 p.m. and when officers arrived, they found Thomas suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Police have offered little information except that Thomas was known to frequent the Ancona Place residence.
A relative of Thomas told CTV News that he was a dedicated father of six children.
This marks the third shooting in Halifax police have responded to within a week. It is also the third gun-related homicide of 2025.
The other homicides include a January shooting on Lahey Road that left a man dead and a woman injured, and a February shooting on McFatridge Road that took another man’s life.
Chief MacLean calls the rise in gun violence alarming and vows to bring those responsible to justice.
“Any shooting or any homicide is one too many. In terms of the last little while, there seems to be a proliferation which has an impact on the community,” said MacLean.
Two of the recent shootings occurred in Dartmouth councilor Tony Mancini’s district, where he says residents are shaken.
“People are nervous, they are concerned, they are angry and they are asking lots of questions,” says Mancini, who wants more of the questions answered by those in charge.
MacLean confirmed no arrests have been made yet in relation to any of the gun-related homicides.
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