Homicide victim Damian Ballantyne. Photo courtesy Facebook.
Prince Albert police are revealing the identity of a man killed in the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Damian Ballantyne, 34, was the victim of the city’s first murder of 2017.
He was already non-responsive when Parkland Ambulance arrived at a home in the midtown area around 1:22 a.m., and was pronounced deceased soon after.
An autopsy was performed this week but details of the cause of death have not been made public.
Condolences have been pouring out on social media to Ballantyne’s relatives, and he’s being remembered as a “gentle giant.”
Police previously revealed that two suspects were taken into custody on Wednesday, and now confirm the two individuals were known to Ballantyne.
No charges have yet been laid.
Prince Albert Police Service vehicles have remained at the crime scene – a home on the 300 block of Ninth Street East – all week after taping off the crime scene on Wednesday.