Man fatally stabbed in parking lot attack

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 24/07/2020 (1871 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

A 43-year-old man was fatally wounded in a parking lot near Lagimodiere Boulevard and Fermor Avenue late Thursday afternoon, becoming the 23rd homicide victim in Winnipeg this year.

The Winnipeg Police Service identified him Friday as Winnipeg’s Ryan Kelly Legary.

Officers found Legary in critical condition when they arrived at about 5:25 p.m. at the lot shared by a Tim Hortons and a Petro-Canada gas station. Legary was taken to hospital, where he died, Const. Rob Carver said at a Friday news conference.

“We have not made arrests at this time,” Carver said, adding that the investigation by the police homicide unit is ongoing.

While he didn’t share many details due to the active nature of the investigation, Carver said it’s believed the man and the person who stabbed him got into an altercation prior to the stabbing.

Because the incident occurred in public and in broad daylight, Carver said investigators had spoken to a number of witnesses, and that police would be reviewing available camera footage from both the gas bar and restaurant.

On Friday, both the Tim Hortons and Petro-Canada station were closed until mid-afternoon, and employees at both establishments said they didn’t see or hear anything during Thursday’s parking lot incident or declined comment.

At a 55+ apartment complex next to the lot, a resident named Patricia said she was enjoying dinner at the time of the stabbing, and was shocked to hear later what happened.

“Right outside the neighbourhood Tim Hortons,” she said. “Very concerning.”

A man who also lived at the complex said he heard the commotion Thursday and looked out his window to figure out what was going on.

“All I could see was a body being taken away, and I couldn’t tell whether he was alive or dead,” he said.

Legary is the fourth homicide victim in the city this July. On Canada Day, Danielle Dawn Cote was shot to death in the 400 block of Flora Avenue; on July 6, Adam Douglas Monkman was killed in the 400 block of Maryland; and on July 18, Valentine Ernest Sumner was found dead on Main Street between Dufferin and Jarvis avenues.

While forensic analysis at the site of Legary’s death is ongoing, police are asking anyone who might have witnessed anything connected with the killing to call them at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

ben.waldman@freepress.mb.ca