Family wants justice after lone survivor of 2023 West Broadway mass shooting dies in hospital

Josh Crabb · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 18, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

The lone subsister of a wide shooting successful a West Broadway rooming house is being mourned by his household aft helium died successful a Winnipeg infirmary earlier this month, much than a twelvemonth and a fractional aft the shooting that near 4 others dead.

Shawn Marko, 56, was critically injured and had been hospitalized since the shooting connected Langside Street, successful the cardinal Winnipeg area, successful the aboriginal hours of Nov. 26, 2023.

"I don't adjacent cognize if we'll ever get implicit this … however helium died, and watching him endure for truthful agelong similar that," Shawn's sister, Melissa Marko, told CBC.

She said her member had been astatine Health Sciences Centre close up until his decease connected the greeting of June 1.

Shawn had been battling a caller bout of pneumonia, an unwellness helium got for the 3rd clip portion successful hospital, she said.

"He had phoned maine [on May 31] and helium was conscionable gasping for air," said Melissa. "It was not good, and helium told maine consecutive out, helium said, 'I'm not going to marque it this time.'"

He died earlier his family could get to the infirmary to spot him again.

"My lone brother, [my dad's] lone son," Melissa said. "How bash you get implicit specified a horrific decease similar that?"

Melissa said her member suffered respective superior injuries successful the shooting that near him incapable to locomotion and required 11 surgeries, including the removal of his pancreas and fractional of his stomach, on with portions of his spleen, bladder and bowel.

"He was changeable 3 times," she said. "The bullets did large harm to his insides."

Jamie Randy Felix, present 34, was charged with attempted execution successful Marko's shooting.

He was besides charged with 4 counts of second-degree execution successful the deaths of Melelek Leseri Lesikel, 29, Dylan Maxwell Lavallee, 41, and sisters Crystal Shannon Beardy, 34, and Stephanie Amanda Beardy, 33.

Now that her member has died, Melissa said the attempted execution complaint should beryllium upgraded.

"My member was inactive successful the infirmary due to the fact that of what happened to him," Melissa said. "We privation justness and merit justice, and truthful bash each those different families."

The Manitoba Prosecution Service said immoderate decisions connected charges related to Marko's shooting will beryllium made aft each applicable grounds has been obtained and reviewed.

Felix's lawyer, Ted Mariash, said he's alert of Marko's decease and was fixed announcement prosecutors whitethorn alteration the charge.

None of the allegations against Felix person been tested successful court. Trial dates person been arranged for aboriginal adjacent year, starting successful mid-February.

Celebrating day on night of shooting 

On the nighttime of the deadly shooting, Shawn was celebrating his 55th birthday, earlier helium ended up astatine the rooming location with the 4 different victims and Felix. All were people her member knew, Melissa said.

While Marko suffered serious injuries successful the shooting, helium could inactive pass intelligibly and provided constabulary with a videotaped connection portion successful the hospital, she said.

"He said that they were successful this country and that they were each talking, and that each of a abrupt helium conscionable appeared with a gun," according to Melissa.

Earne Marko, Shawn's dad, said his lad lived with addiction, ran into ineligible troubles and became stateless for astir 12 years earlier reconnecting with his household successful 2018.

"To this day, helium was a existent portion of this family," Earne said.

He hasn't been capable to slumber good since his lad died. He still pictures Shawn's look arsenic helium tries to autumn asleep, helium said.

Earne remembers sportfishing trips with his son, including the clip helium forgot to unafraid a stringer and each the food got away.

"So that was the extremity of our fishing," Earne said, laughing.

Melissa said her member besides enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching sports and hanging retired with friends.

"He didn't person much, but helium would ever effort and assistance you if helium could," she said.

Marko's ceremonial volition beryllium held on Saturday. After that, his household says they program to travel the ineligible proceedings successful the lawsuit against Felix each measurement of the way.