Officers were called around 8 p.m. Sunday after a man in his late 20s was found in a home in the 6900 block of Cook Avenue in Halifax.
Metro Halifax has learned that man was 29-year-old Tyler Richards, a former member of the Halifax Rainmen and former university basketball standout with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men.
“Police located the deceased male, believed to be in his late 20s, and are treating the death as suspicious,” a release issued around 9:30 p.m. stated.
The release went on to say that several police units were on scene investigating.
Despite being a standout on the court, Richards had been in trouble with the law the past several years.
In 2013, Richards was kicked off the Rainmen when he was charged with assault after a woman claimed she was assaulted by a man at the Taboo nightclub early on Dec.15.
Richards has also been charged in the past with drugs and weapons offences, most recently in late March 22 after police say a large of amount of cocaine was seized during a traffic stop on Walter Havill Drive in Halifax.
Steve Konchalski, his coach with the X-Men, heard of Richards’ death on Sunday night and was speaking Monday about the person he was.
“Tyler is a very nice young man. He’s a great basketball player. He was a big part of our St. F.X. family,” Konchalski said.
“I know he hadn’t made some great choices in life, but my feeling is we lost a young man coming into the prime of his life. A mother lost her son. A little girl lost her father.”
Police haven’t officially released the victim’s name at this time.
