SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police in Saint John, N.B., say three suspects have been taken into custody following a violent altercation that left one man dead.

Officers responded to a report Thursday of two injured men on Peters Street.

They were taken to hospital by ambulance, but police say one man died from his injuries.

Police say everyone involved in the altercation was known to each other and the incident is not considered random.

The investigation is ongoing.