North Preston comes together following homicide of Tylor McInnis

The community of North Preston is rallying together following the homicide of a 26-year-old man last week.

The body of Tylor McInnis was found in the trunk of a stolen car on Tuesday at St. Thomas Baptist Church.

READ MORE: Possible connection between Tylor McInnis homicide, recent shootings: RCMP

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On Sunday people gathered for a barbecue hosted by Ceasefire Halifax, an organization that works to end violence in the city. Following the meal, many marched through North Preston to the church where they said a prayer.

“What we want to do is to bring people out to stand up against violence,” said Carlos Beals of Ceasefire Halifax.

“Violence in some communities in the Halifax-region has become the norm. Having people come out and stand up together and say violence is not the way and hopefully what we can do is start to de-normalize violence.”

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RCMP have said they do not believe McInnis’ homicide to be a random act and are encouraging anyone with information to contact police or Crime Stoppers.