Halifax police lay manslaughter charge in two-year-old case
Posted Feb 19, 2015 02:16:57 PM.
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Halifax police have charged a man in relation to the 2012 killing of Kaylin Diggs.
Police arrested 23-year-old Devon Marteeko Downey of Halifax on Thursday after he turned himself in at police headquarters.
Police say they responded to a disturbance in the area of Argyle and Sackville Streets in the early morning hours of August 11, 2012.
Officers found 26-year-old Kaylin Diggs lying on the ground unconscious.
He was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.
Police say their investigation determined Diggs was walking southbound on Argyle Street when when an altercation took place and he was assaulted and knocked to the ground.
At the time, police said Diggs was injured during an assault that involved several people.
Police say Downey will appear in Halifax provincial court Thursday afternoon to face a charge of manslaughter.
This is a corrected story. The story originally said the accused was 25 years old. Police now say he is 23 years old.
