Two charged with manslaughter, sex assault
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Two men have been charged with manslaughter and aggravated sexual assault after a 20 year old man was slain Saturday in Elmwood.
Police were sent to a residence on the 400 block of Keenleyside Street shortly after 5 p.m. as part of a well-being check, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Monday.
Officers found a 20-year-old man seriously injured. He was sent to hospital in critical condition and died of his injuries.
Police identified the victim as Nikolas Bear of Berens River First Nation, who was residing in Winnipeg.
Augustine Owen Bear, 18, was arrested at the scene. A second man, Xaavier Xander Fiddler, 19, was arrested hours later on the 500 block of St. Mary’s Road.
Police asked anyone with information to contact the WPS homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).