{"id":61093,"date":"2025-12-14T19:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=61093"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:24:02","slug":"beaver-bank-man-charged-with-second-degree-murder-by-rcmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=61093","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Bank man charged with second-degree murder by RCMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BEAVER BANK:<\/strong> A 20-year-old Beaver Bank man has been charged with second degree murder following an assault at a residence on Dec. 12, police say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a release, RCMP said that the RCMP\/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has placed the charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson said on Dec. 12 at approximately 8 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and EHS responded to a report of an assault at a residence in the 2400 block of Beaver Bank Rd., Beaver Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Upon arrival, officers found a 28-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. Officers and EHS performed first aid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victim was later pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Officers located and safely arrested a man nearby shortly after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan Wheadon, 20, of Beaver Bank, is charged with Murder (second degree).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He remains in custody and will appear at Dartmouth Provincial Court on December 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victim and the accused were known to each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This incident is not believed to be random.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation is ongoing, currently led by the Integrated Homicide Section with support from RCMP Forensic Identification Services and in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyone with information, including surveillance video or dash cam footage of Beaver Bank Rd. on the night of December 12, is asked to call police at 902-490-5020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

File number: 25-179533<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEAVER BANK: A 20-year-old Beaver Bank man has been charged with second degree murder following an assault at a residence on Dec. 12, police say. In a release, RCMP said that the RCMP\/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has placed the charges. A spokesperson said on Dec. 12 at approximately 8 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[10,3103,2139,14,9349],"class_list":["post-61093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-beaver-bank","tag-beaver-bank-road","tag-murder","tag-rcmp","tag-second-degree-murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}