A 40-year-old man has been charged with his father’s murder after police say the older man died in an Oakville apartment complex on Sunday night.

Brett Smith, 40, of Oakville, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 74-year-old Robert Smith. Brett Smith appeared in court Monday and has been remanded in custody until Thursday, Halton police said in a news release.

Police had received a 911 call just before 8:15 p.m. Sunday at an apartment on Marine Dr., in the area of Lakeshore Rd. W. and Bronte Rd., and were told there was a fight between two men. Officers found a man with “obvious trauma” who died at the scene, according to Const. Ryan Anderson.

A well-placed source said the victim was fatally stabbed.

Neighbours say Smith was a retired firefighter. His passing is Halton’s third homicide on 2019 — all of which occurred within the last week.

On Wednesday, 57-year-old Halton EMS dispatcher Laura Grant was shot to death outside her Burlington home; her husband has been arrested and charged with murder. On Monday, police said a post mortem confirmed that the death of 91-year-old Edmund Ferrari was a homicide; he was pronounced dead on Saturday night after he was found on a downtown Oakville sidewalk near the Revera Churchill Place retirement home, with obvious signs of trauma to his chest.

LR Louie Rosella is a reporter and editor for InsideHalton.com and its sister papers. Reach him via email: lrosella@metroland.com

Rhianna Jackson-Kelso is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @RhiannaJK

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