TRURO - A total of 13 people were involved or witness to the fight in which Benjamin Hare was killed last week, Truro police say.
But as to whether anyone other than Dustan Joseph Preeper will be charged is still to be determined through the ongoing investigation Staff Sgt. Randy MacKenzie said Wednesday.
"We've got to separate the wheat from the chaff and through the investigation glean the information that we need from the witnesses," he said. "It's still quite early (in the process). I can't speculate but if we get the information that there are further offences, then we will pursue those as we get the information and process that."
Preeper, 22, of Noel, is charged with second-degree murder following Hare's death early last Thursday morning.
Hare, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene when police were called out to a fight at 67 Lyman St.
MacKenzie said Preeper was the only one charged so far because "that's the information that we've gleaned up to this point from interviewing witnesses."
On June 1, Preeper was acquitted of several charges related to a knife-wounding from last fall involving Hare's younger brother Denver.
In 2007, Preeper received a two-year (less one day) conditional sentence for participating in a home invasion in which a Bible Hill man was beaten by a gang of young people.
Preeper remains in custody and is scheduled to return to provincal court in Truro next Wednesday for a bail hearing.
In the meantime, he is banned from having any contact with the following 11 individuals who were allegedly present along with he and Hare during the fight: Kyle Preeper, Allan Paul, Lisa Paul, Denver Hare, Charles Mitchell Blakie, Curtis Dalrymple, Barbie Marshall, Christine Goodwin, Dennis Hare, Gail Hare and Matthew Boyd.
