Teenage girl fatally stabbed downtown: Winnipeg police
Posted December 16, 2023 3:10 pm.
Last Updated December 17, 2023 10:41 am.
Winnipeg police say a teenage girl was killed following a stabbing downtown Friday afternoon.
The Winnipeg Police Service says officers were called to Graham Avenue and Fort Street around 1 p.m.
Officers say they arrived to find a girl suffering from stab wounds. The responding officers applied a chest seal before paramedics arrived.
The victim was taken to hospital in critical condition and underwent emergency surgery, police say. She died of her injuries.
“This is a busy thoroughfare for transit, there were a lot of people around,” said WPS Const. Claude Chancy. “A lot of people were there and witnessed the incident.”
No arrests have been made.
The WPS homicide unit is investigating.
–With files from Temi Olatunde
