A 26-year-old man who was found dead in a Spryfield apartment building was stabbed and another man is now facing a murder charge, say Halifax Regional Police.

Police have identified the victim as Blaine Gordon Clothier of Halifax.

Police were called to an apartment building on Autumn Drive just after noon on Wednesday. There was a report of an unresponsive male in the building and officers located Clothier's body inside.

Benjamin Joshua Gillis, also of Halifax, was arrested at an apartment building on Inglis Street at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. He faces a second-degree murder charge and remains in custody, police say.

The 25-year-old is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court on Thursday afternoon.

Homicide investigators are still looking into what happened.