Lydia Street assault victim dies
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The homicide unit is investigating after a man assaulted last month died from his injuries.
Police were sent to an apartment complex on the 100 block of Lydia Street on Dec. 21 and found a man inside a home suffering from serious injuries. They gave the victim emergency medical care, and he was taken to hospital in critical condition.
A 27-year-old man was arrested for aggravated assault the next day and detained in custody.
Michael Allen Harrington, 42, died from his injuries on Dec. 24.
His death marks the 22nd homicide investigation of 2025, Winnipeg Police Service spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said Thursday. She did not yet know what additional charges, if any, the man arrested might face.
Loved ones described Harrington in an obituary as someone with a passion for adventure and an “amazing sense of (humour) but a pure gentle soul.”
A GoFundMe online fundraiser, set up by his family to help with expenses before his death, said he had been stabbed by the assailant.
The WPS asked anyone with information about the incident to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-877 (TIPS).