Police have arrested a second teenage boy in reference to a string of unrelated shootings in Winnipeg this week that left one lady lifeless and a number of other different folks wounded.
A boy, 15, is now charged with first-degree homicide and an inventory of different critical offences associated to 3 of the 4 assaults, all of which occurred in the identical 24-hour interval, police stated at a information convention on Saturday morning.
The primary capturing occurred on July 1 at about 2:27 a.m., when a 44-year-old man who had been shot after which hit by a automobile was discovered on Balmoral Road close to Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Const. Jay Murray stated.
Police allege that the 15-year-old and a boy, 14, charged on Friday have been concerned in that capturing. Police consider the 2 boys knew one another however didn't know any of the victims, Murray stated. Investigators nonetheless do not know what prompted the shootings.
Shortly after the primary capturing on Wednesday morning, police consider the 2 teenagers parted methods, throughout which era the 14-year-old shot at a 17-year-old woman on Isabel Road between Pacific and Bannatyne Avenues, Murray stated. Police stated they assume that woman was with one other man or boy on the time, although they haven't been capable of determine him.
At 3:15 a.m. the identical day, Danielle Cote, 27, and her 18-year-old cousin have been strolling down Flora Avenue close to Salter Road when Cote was shot and killed. Her cousin was wounded and brought to hospital in steady situation. Police allege that the identical two teenagers have been additionally concerned in that capturing.
Early the following morning, officers responded to The Forks, the place two males had been wounded. One among them, who's 40, was taken to hospital in steady situation with a gunshot wound. Murray stated investigators consider the 2 boys have been additionally accountable for that incident.
Police suspected two folks have been concerned within the shootings, but it surely was determined it was a better precedence to take the 14-year-old into custody first, Murray stated. He wouldn't clarify what influenced that evaluation, citing the continued investigation.
After the primary teen was taken into custody, police labored to trace down the second. On Friday afternoon, the 15-year-old was arrested at a residence within the metropolis's Dufferin space, Murray stated.
The teenager was charged with first-degree homicide in reference to Cote's loss of life, in addition to with one rely every of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent, and two counts every of tried homicide and failing to adjust to launch circumstances.
Neither teen might be recognized beneath provisions of the Youth Legal Justice Act.
Police are nonetheless investigating, although they do not anticipate any extra arrests immediately associated to the shootings, Murray stated.
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