Police in Saskatoon are investigating a homicide after a 27-year-old man was found dead in an apartment.

The man was found when officers responded to a welfare check at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, in the 2300 block of 17th Street West, according to the Saskatoon Police Service.

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An autopsy deemed his manner of death to be homicide on Wednesday, the news release added.

Saskatoon police said its major crime section’s investigation into the death is ongoing. This was the city’s ninth homicide this year.