Saskatoon Police say its Major Crime Section is investigating the city’s ninth homicide.

Police say a man was found deceased in an apartment on Tuesday morning. Patrol officers conducted a welfare check around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment in the 2300 block of 17th Street West. A 27-year man was located deceased, and an autopsy conducted Wednesday determined the manner of death to be homicide.

Police ask anyone with information on this incident to contact Police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.