Police investigating Waterfront Drive homicide

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A 43-year-old man is dead after Winnipeg police were sent to a report of a stabbing on the 500 block of Waterfront Drive early Sunday.

Police said Kerry Eastman, a member of Sandy Bay First Nation who lived in Winnipeg, was found with “injuries consistent with being assaulted” when officers arrived at about 1:50 a.m.

Officers applied chest seals while providing emergency medical care until the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service arrived.

Eastman was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit at 204-986-6508, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or online.