Markham resident charged with second degree murder of an as yet identified female in a Burlington apartment.

Crime 100By Staff

October 28, 2014

BURLINGTON, ON.

 

The Halton Regional Police have charged Malcolm Copeland, the suspect in the barricaded incident on Pearl Street in Burlington, with Second Degree Murder.

The accused is scheduled for his first appearance in Milton court today, Tuesday October 28th.

Investigators are continuing efforts to confirm the victim’s identity.

Police responded to a noise complaint Monday at around 10:00 am and found an armed person barricaded in an apartment.

After several hours of negotiations police broke into the apartment and arrested a male person and then found the body of a female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The police investigation kept people on Pearl Street out of the homes and places of business until early in the afternoon.

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