Police investigate death in Halifax continuing care facility

Police are investigating the death of an 81-year-old man at a continuing care facility in Halifax.

Halifax Regional Police say they were called to the facility on Sunday morning after the man died on Saturday evening, around 10:30 p.m.

Police say the man may have been pushed by a fellow resident earlier in the week. Investigators are looking at the circumstances around the man's death and have scheduled an autopsy for Monday morning.