Halton police are investigating after a 91-year-old man died in Oakville on Saturday afternoon.

Shortly before 5 p.m., police were called to Allan St. and Church St., north of Lakeshore Rd. E. and found the man with “obvious signs of trauma” to the chest on the sidewalk near Revera Churchill Place retirement home.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police told reporters at the scene that they do not yet know the cause of the injury.

The incident is being investigated as a suspicious death by the Halton police homicide unit, said Insp. Ivan L’Ortye.

In a Saturday press release, police said they are looking to speak with a man who was seen leaving the area at the “time of the incident,” and who may be a witness.

The man is described as black, between 30-40 years of age, with an average build and shoulder-length hair. He was wearing a black hoodie and black pants, possibly with a reflective stripe.

Police say the man was seen leaving the area in a newer model black 4-door Volkswagen Golf, travelling southbound on Allan St. and then westbound on Lakeshore Rd.

Anyone with more information, security camera footage or dash cam footage is asked to contact investigators at 905-825-4747 ext. 2216 or to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.

With files from Emma Sandri

Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas

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