Death of 65-year-old man in Brampton deemed suspicious: police

A Peel Regional Police officer is shown inside a home where a man was found dead on Wednesday. Police have deemed the death suspicious. (CBC - image credit)
A Peel Regional Police officer is shown inside a home where a man was found dead on Wednesday. Police have deemed the death suspicious. (CBC - image credit)

Peel police say they consider the death of a 65-year-old man in Brampton on Wednesday to be suspicious.

Police said the man was found dead in a home in the area of Dixie Road and Howden Boulevard. Officers were called to the home at about 5:40 p.m. for a medical call.

Const. Moulika Sharma says a person at the home was placed in custody but has since been released.

Peel homicide detectives are overseeing the investigation but the death is not yet being deemed a homicide. Detectives are canvassing the area for evidence, she said.

Paramedics said one person at the scene was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.