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Posted Jun 16, 2009, 1:25 AM
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Violent weekend in Winnipeg (I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that it was the first nice weather we've had), but, as reported, only 1 homicide:
<<WINNIPEG -- A run of violence over the weekend peaked late Saturday night with the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in the 500 block of Manitoba Avenue.
Wayne Roger Michelle, 28, was rushed to hospital in critical condition after being shot in the chest while walking in the area. He later died.
A 27-year-old man walking with him was shot in the back and taken to hospital in stable condition.
Neighbours gathered outside a home in the area said the victim was waiting for a ride with another man when the shooting took place.
"Somebody rolled up on them and blasted them," said one man who declined to give his name.
He said the incident was shocking because the victim wasn't the type to have enemies.
"He's a good guy," he said. "I can't even see people being mad at him."
Michelle's death marks the city's 12th homicide of the year. The incident was the fourth shooting to happen over the weekend, along with three separate assaults that sent five people to hospital Friday night and early Saturday morning.
"The number of shots-fired calls has been alarming," said Insp. Keith Walker. "...I'm hoping that the trend is not going to continue, and that it's just a blip."
Winnipeg police spokeswoman Const. Jacqueline Chaput said at least two shots were fired on Manitoba Avenue. She would not say how the suspect or suspects approached the men, or fled the scene. Police have no suspects in custody.
Both victims had gang ties, said Chaput. She could not say whether the incident was an act of gang violence, but said it's a possibility.
Officers were still at the scene Sunday afternoon, and had a wide area taped off. Manitoba was blocked off at Andrews Street and McGregor Street, and Andrews was taped off at Magnus Avenue and around the entire intersection of Andrews and Pritchard Avenue.
Police have one man in custody in connection to a shooting earlier in the weekend in the 500 block of Aberdeen Avenue. A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital in stable condition after being shot at a home on Aberdeen Saturday morning, and collapsing on nearby Redwood Avenue.
Police say the suspect was taken into custody later that morning at the same home where the shooting allegedly occurred.
Shaun Garry McLean, 20, is charged with attempted murder, assault, breaking and entering and numerous firearms-related charges. He is being held at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
Meanwhile, police have arrested a second man following a series of serious assaults on Arlington Street early Saturday morning, and identified a man already arrested in connection with the case.
A man with a broken bottle allegedly attacked three men, aged 23, 29 and 52, in a parking lot on the 1100 block of Arlington at around 2:50 a.m. A 34-year-old man was arrested at a home on Beacon Street about 20 minutes later.
William Gary Pangman, 34, faces charges including aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, possession of a weapon and mischief under $5,000. He is being held at the remand centre.
A second man faces charges of assault and has been released on a promise to appear.>>
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bre...wAllComments=y
BTW- only reason I bold it is to show that it's a quote (with the link at the bottom). Must be habit from other discussion boards...it's not to try and signal out Winnipeg or anything!
Elsewhere in Manitoba, a missing persons case is (as of last week) being considered a homicide:
<<WINNIPEG — RCMP say the case of missing Portage la Prairie woman Amber Lynn McFarland is now being treated as a homicide.
And officers have returned for a second search, both inside and out, of a home in the community that once belonged to the 24-year-old's former boyfriend. She was last seen at a Portage la Prairie nightclub on Oct. 18, 2008.
"Our investigation is considered a murder investigation," said RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Line Karpish Wednesday. Karpish said investigators resumed searching a property on Yellowquill Trail on Wednesday morning. The Forensic Mobile Response Unit was on scene, she said, and officers were still at the property Wednesday evening.
"We do remain very confident that we're going to get some kind of conclusion," Karpish said.
"Someone will be charged and face the consequences, or we will find her body at least to give some closure to the family."
Karpish did not identify the home, but said it has previously been searched by police.
Amber's mother, Lori McFarland, said the home was formerly owned by Amber's ex-boyfriend, one of the last men seen with her.
Lori McFarland said Wednesday was the first day she'd been told the investigation was being treated as a homicide. The news was difficult but not surprising, she said.
"You always want to maintain some shred of hope," she said. "I guess in your mind you know where it's headed.
"It'll be eight months on June 18. Short of a miracle... I wouldn't say that we're surprised, you know?"
Karpish said a combination of factors led officers back to the Yellowquill Trail property, but didn't offer specifics. She said there are no suspects in custody in connection with the case.
Lori McFarland said she's aware police vehicles were outside the home Wednesday, but said she didn't know what was happening on the property.
It "gets to be a lot of public speculation," she said.
"We have to filter that out, and we rely on the RCMP to give us the latest as to where the investigation is at."
Amber McFarland was last seen in Portage la Prairie at the Cat and Fiddle Nite Club and reportedly left with a former boyfriend. Surveillance footage captured her buying beer there at a vendor in the company of two men.
Her car was found in the parking lot of a Portage hotel, where she had left it before going out that evening.
When McFarland did not come back to her parents' home, her friend and family said the ex-boyfriend told them McFarland called someone on her cellphone and they picked her up at his home on Yellowquill Trail.
They said he told them he did not know who picked her up, and he never saw McFarland again.
McFarland was the subject of a frantic search following her disappearance last fall, including draining part of the Assiniboine River diversion. Amber's purse and cellphone were never located. "We just want to have her found, and bring her home," said Lori McFarland. "She's loved and she should be with people that love her.">>
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc...-47761037.html
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