Watchdog investigating after man shot dead by Winnipeg police

CBC News

· Posted: May 31, 2025 2:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Manitoba's constabulary watchdog is investigating aft officers changeable and killed a antheral successful a Winnipeg neighbourhood connected Friday.

A connection said the Winnipeg Police Service initially responded to a 911 telephone astir a man behaving suspiciously successful the backmost lane successful the 200-block of Ferry Road. 

Police said the antheral was "covered successful blood" and the caller was acrophobic helium was trying to interruption into homes.

Officers recovered him "armed with a screwdriver" down a location astatine 6:16 p.m.

"A usage of unit brushwood occurred and unluckily resulted in our members shooting the individual," said Winnipeg constabulary Chief Gene Bowers, who called a uncommon play quality league to talk astir the incidental connected Saturday.

He said the officers provided aesculapian attraction connected tract until paramedics arrived, but the antheral aboriginal died successful hospital.

"Incidents specified arsenic that occurred past night, they person an impact on everybody. This is simply a nonaccomplishment of life, this is simply a superior incident. It's serious for the idiosyncratic and household progressive and besides for our members arsenic well," Bowers said.

Bowers said the antheral had been behaving "erratically," but did not supply details.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) confirmed it is present investigating, but a connection did not supply further accusation connected the incident.

The constabulary chief said the IIU was successful the process of identifying the antheral and notifying his family, truthful helium could not talk to his property oregon whether helium was from Winnipeg. He did accidental helium believed the antheral was an adult.

Bowers said the officers, who helium met with connected Friday night, will beryllium "out of the workplace" successful enactment with the department's captious incidental protocol.