6 people charged in connection with killing of Sask. man found in Winnipeg back lane

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 16, 2025 3:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Six radical person been charged successful transportation with the sidesplitting of a Saskatchewan antheral who was recovered dormant successful a backmost lane successful Winnipeg's Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood precocious past month, constabulary say.

The assemblage of Bronson Emery Dale Kequahtooway, 30, from Zagime Anishinabek First Nation — about 150 kilometres eastbound of Regina — was discovered successful a backmost lane connected Wellington Avenue, betwixt Home and Arlington streets connected the greeting of March 28, Winnipeg constabulary antecedently said.

Officers who were called to the area found the assemblage of Kequahtooway, who was pronounced deceased astatine the scene. 

Two residents successful the neighbourhood, including 1 who called 911, told CBC they saw what they judge was a man's assemblage successful a garbage bin that morning.

Kequahtooway was surviving successful Winnipeg astatine the clip of his death.

In an update Wednesday, constabulary said six radical were arrested successful transportation with his death over a span of conscionable implicit 2 weeks.

The archetypal were 2 men, ages 20 and 43, and a 28-year-old woman, who were arrested aft Winnipeg homicide investigators and a tactical enactment squad carried out a warrant at Simcoe Street location connected March 29. All 3 were charged with accessory aft the information to murder.

On April 3, different 28-year-old pistillate was arrested astatine a location connected Agnes Street. She is besides charged with accessory aft the information to murder.

Police aboriginal arrested Eric Matthew Morrissette, 39, and Frederick Francis Mathias Baker, 28, some of whom are charged with second-degree murder. 

Morrissette was arrested connected April 9 astatine location connected McDermot Avenue successful Winnipeg by homicide investigators, with the assistance of members of the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit — a multi-agency portion that targets alleged convulsive offenders.

He is also charged with two counts of firearm possession contrary to a probation order, possession for the intent of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of spot obtained by transgression nether $5,000.

Baker, who was successful custody connected an unrelated matter, was arrested at Milner Ridge Correctional Centre connected Monday. In summation to the second-degree execution charge, helium besides faces a firearm possession charge.

Winnipeg constabulary are asking anyone with accusation connected Kequahtooway's sidesplitting to interaction the homicide portion astatine 204-986-6508, oregon marque an anonymous extremity to Crime Stoppers by calling 204-786-8477 (TIPS) oregon online astatine winnipegcrimestoppers.org.