Winnipeg police charge second suspect in connection to March shootings
Posted September 28, 2023 2:43 pm.
Winnipeg police say a second suspect has been charged in connection to two shootings in March, one fatal in March.
Police say in the early hours of March 7, four men were taken to hospital after an alleged shooting downtown on Spence Street near Cumberland Avenue.
Several hours later, police responded to a second shooting at Beverley Street near Ellice Avenue. During this shooting, police confirmed 49-year-old Lori Gordon was killed and another woman, 35, was taken to hospital.
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During the investigation of both incidents, police were able to determine both shootings were connected.
On April 13, the homicide unit arrested a 17-year-old Winnipeg teenager in connection with those two shootings, and he was charged in connection to the shootings.
At the time, police issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Martin Faruq Luther of Winnipeg.
On Sept. 26, the RCMP in Steinbach found Luther in Hanover, Manitoba, and took him into custody.
He has since been charged with second-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, five counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of failing to attend court.
