Tylor McInnis homicide leads to 5 arrests

Halifax RCMP confirm five people have been arrested in connection to the homicide of Tylor Donovan McInnis, 26.

Sources told CBC News thatfour adults and one youth have been arrested.

McInnis's body was foundby police in the trunk of a stolen Honda Civic at the cemetery of St. Thomas Baptist Church in North Preston in August. He was the victim of a homicide, RCMP confirmed following an autopsy.

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Police have not disclosed how McInnis died. They said theywere looking intoconnections between this homicide and a string ofshooting deathsthat took place in the Halifax area this spring. Police said they didn't believe McInnis's death was a random act.

McInniswas the father ofa seven-year-old daughter and two-year-old daughter. He was also helping to raise his girlfriend's 17-year-old son and12-year-old daughter.

There have been nine homicides in the Halifax area this year.