Another busy 48 hours in the North End..
Man killed in Flora Avenue shooting
By: Staff Writer | Winnipeg Free Press - 11/08/2009 1:32 PM
A member of the Winnipeg Police Forensic Unit at the scene of a shooting on Flora Street Tuesday morning. It appears at least seven shots were fired into the front wall of the two-storey duplex.
WINNIPEG — A 26-year-old man shot outside of a North End home this morning is Winnipeg’s 18th homicide of the year.
The man was found outside a Flore Avenue residence with gunshot wounds and was rushed to hospital in critical condition. He later died, police said.
Forensic investigators were working inside the duplex at 495 Flora Avenue this morning, which appeared to have been riddled with several bullets, after reports of a shooting around 2 a.m. Five other duplex residences were also taped off.
The victim’s identity is not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin, police said.
There are no suspects yet, police said, and the investigation is continuing by the Winnipeg Police Service’s major crimes unit.
Anyone with information regarding the incident or the suspect or suspects is asked to contact investigators at 986-6219 or CrimeStoppers at 786-TIPS (8477).
Today’s shooting comes after two separate reports of gunfire in Winnipeg on Monday.
The first on Monday occurred just after midnight in the 200 block of Austin Street in Point Douglas, a police spokesman said, when "a couple of shots" were fired into an apartment suite.
The second occurred in the 218 Salter St. at 4:45 a.m. Monday where seven shots were fired, again into a suite.
No injuries were reported in either instance. The police department’s major crimes unit is investigating.