Police arrest Winnipeg woman, 19, in stabbing death of 12-year-old
Posted June 22, 2021 11:55 am.
Last Updated June 22, 2021 12:11 pm.
WINNIPEG (CityNews) — Winnipeg police say they have arrested a 19-year-old woman in connection with the June 18 stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy.
In a release issued Tuesday morning, police say the woman has been charged with manslaughter.
The alleged incident occurred Friday around 7:19 p.m. on Burrows Avenue, just east of Main Street, when police received numerous reports of a stabbing.
Officers found the injured 12-year-old in the road being attended to by an off-duty nurse, who happened to be in the area.
The victim, who is from Winnipeg, was transported to hospital and later died of his injuries.
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“He was a good boy, he was kind,” the victim’s mother Joni Gabriel told CityNews. “Like a kind sprit.
“I cried a lot this weekend and I felt bad for him.
“He just got caught up with the wrong kids I think. I think that’s not right what happened to him. He’s just a kid.”
It was the city’s 11th homicide between May 19 and June 18, according to police.
“Incidents like this absolutely shock the community,” said Const. Jay Murray on the weekend. “There’s going to be a lot of discussion in the coming days about this incident. The victims that have been affected, whether it was the family, the victim himself, friends, the community, it’s quite an awful incident.
“I don’t know that I can find a word to accurately describe it.
“It’s concerning to see numbers rising again in terms of violence and homicide.”
WPS believe two groups were involved in an altercation that led to the stabbing.
“We believe at this time, there’s indications that these groups may have not known each other before the homicide,” said Murray. We can’t say for sure at this point. But we haven’t established a specific threat to the public.”
The police’s homicide unit is investigating.
