20-year-old charged with murder in Manitoba First Nation stabbing

An RCMP officer drives a police vehicle in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Posted May 4, 2026 11:37 am.

The 20-year-old man taken into police custody following a fatal stabbing on an eastern Manitoba First Nation has been charged with second-degree murder.

Little Grand Rapids RCMP say a 29-year-old man from the community was found dead in a home on Pauingassi First Nation on Wednesday night.

The suspect was arrested a few hours later.

RCMP are still investigating.

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