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J durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ July 5, 2006 ♦ Page A3 Murder victim collapsed outside mother's building Super startled by shattering glass by JEFF MITCHELL Staff Writer OSHAWA -- The sound of breaking glass alerted Dave Eddlcstone lo the fact something was wrong. What he saw was beyond his imagination. imagination. Collapsed among shards of glass from a shattered door a man lay dying, bleeding bleeding to death on a square of patio stones outside 454 Centre St.'S. Blood, Mr. Eddlcstone said, poured from a wound in the man's neck. "This guy's lying stretched out on his back and lie's got a big gash," "Mr. Eddlcstone; superintendent at the building for seven years, recalled of the scene outside his^apartment Sunday night. "His jugular was cut." Compounding the shock for Mr. Eddlcstone was the realization the dead man was Shon Hart, a man who'd occasionally performed odd jobs at the five-storey condominium building, and whose mother lives there. ' "It didn't look like Shon," Mr. Eddie- stone said, noting the 31-year-old man's' usual long hair and pony tail were gone ' and that he wore no shirt. Durham Regional Police say Mr. Hart was injured on a nearby cycling path that runs north along the Oshawa Creek from Mill Street. Although gravely injured he made his way a couple hundred metres from the scene of the assault To 454 Centre, where he collapsed collapsed after smashing out the patio door of the basement apartment Mr. Eddie- stone shares with his wife. Homicide detective J.J. Allan wouldn't confirm what caused Mr.'Hart's death , as he was still awaiting reports of a post mortem performed Tuesday in Toronto. Mr. Eddlcstone figures Mr. Hart made ' his way to the building to get help, choosing his apartment because it was . accessible. "He probably saw the light through the curtain," he said. "I don't know how he made it here." Mr. Eddlcstone was in the. office adjoining his apartment arouhd 9 p.m. SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE OFF Men's & Womens Seasonal Merchandise K4MEK4 FOOTWEAR INC. 1615 Blindas St., E. Whitby Mall 905-728-4197 Cfltmbt'ait statesman covers Clarington Green Gaels Junior B lacrosse. i mil i|i j V" A.J. Groen/ Metroland Durham Region Media Group Blood still stains the patio were Shon Hart was found Sunday night. 1 Althoughpolice have not indicated a cause of death while waiting for an autopsy, witnesses said Mr. Hart's throat was slashed. Sunday when he heard the crash of breaking glass. Assuming his wife had had a mishap, he went to check on her. "I was about halfway in (the apartment) apartment) and she was coming out," he said. "I opened the curtain and looked out." He said the injured man lay on the patio bleeding from a large gash on his neck. Mr. Eddlcstone called 911, but said Mr. Hart didn't stand a chance. "He was dead before (paramedics), even got here," he said. "This guy was out of blood." Outside, blood still stained the small patio; shattered glass still lay on the patio stones and jagged shards clung to the empty door frame. Mr. Eddlestoiie said the dead man worked primarily for a contracting company but that on off days he'd do odd jobs around the building, where his mother owns a condo. The woman moved to 454 Centre from south Oshawa Oshawa several years ago; he said. Mr. Hart, a thin, wiry man who has several children with his girlfriend, did a variety 1 of jobs, he said. "He was painting here about a week ago," he said. Det. Allan wouldn't comment on a story on the streets that Mr. Hart became embroiled in an argument between two Women and was later attacked by another another man. Nor would he comment on whether or not police have identified a suspect in the killing. "I'm not confirming anything at this time," he said. "We're still within the first 48 hours." . Police-continue to seek tips in the slaying. Anyone with information can call police at 905-579-1520, extension 7810, or Crime stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477. Mr. Hart is Durham's fourth homicide victim of 2006; and the second in a little over a week. On June 24 police found the body of Donald James Woods, a 35-year-old trucker from the Brockville area, in his truck behind a Wal-Mart store on Brock Road in Pickering. The load of meat he had been transporting transporting had been removed from the rig, police said. That investigation continues. continues. measures at BOWM ANY ILLE - Lakeridge Health Bowmanville's surgical and medical units will be temporarily combined combined during the summer months. The temporary consolidation, which was also done last summer, will run until Sept; 6. 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