Death of man found injured on Cumberland Avenue was a homicide, police believe

CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 12:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

The decease of a antheral who was recovered earnestly injured successful Winnipeg's Central Park country connected Friday is being investigated arsenic a homicide, Winnipeg constabulary say.

Winnipeg constabulary were called astir 1 a.m. to Cumberland Avenue adjacent Hargrave Street, wherever officers recovered an injured man, 39, connected the ground.

Officers gave the antheral exigency aesculapian care, including thorax seals, earlier helium was taken successful captious information to hospital, wherever helium died, constabulary said successful a quality merchandise Friday.

Grant Souter, who lives successful a gathering near where the antheral was found, told CBC he was awakened by a drawstring of large bangs astatine astir 1 a.m that helium thought were fireworks. However, erstwhile his canine didn't panic helium realized helium was mistaken.

Souter says looked retired to the thoroughfare from his model and heard much bangs. 

"There conscionable seemed to beryllium benignant of immoderate chaos retired there," helium said. "I conscionable heard commotion, I didn't spot anything." 

When helium near his gathering connected Friday morning officers had already cordoned disconnected a agelong of Cumberland Avenue and acceptable grounds markers connected the ground.

Souter said this was not the archetypal clip he's seen constabulary enactment successful the neighbourhood. 

"It's a good known country for for atrocious things," Souter said. "It's not truly a astonishment … and that's bittersweet to me." 

Anyone with accusation regarding this incidental is asked to interaction the Winnipeg constabulary homicide portion astatine 204-986-6508 oregon marque an anonymous extremity to Crime Stoppers astatine 204-786-TIPS oregon online via winnipegcrimestoppers.org.