Northwest homicide victim identified

Calgary police have confirmed that a death in the Mount Pleasant area on Tuesday is a homicide.

At about 11:45 a.m., police were called to a home in the 1100 block of 18th Avenue N.W., where a middle-aged man was found dead.

An autopsy conducted Thursday determined the previously classified "suspicious death" to be a homicide.

The victim is 36-year-old Joel Zalsos of Calgary.

Police said they wouldn't release the cause of death at this time.