Millennium Library temporarily closed after Wednesday evening death
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The Millennium Library is closed after a man died after sustaining “significant injuries” on the premises Wednesday evening.
Police confirmed they were called to the downtown library just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, where a 40-year-old man was injured. He was sent to hospital and later died.
”It has been determined that the death is non-suspicious,” Winnipeg Police Service Const. Pat Saydak said in an emailed statement Thursday.
A closure notice at the Millennium Library on Aug. 7 (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
“There will be no further comment on this incident.”
In an email sent to Mayor Scott Gillingham and city councilors obtained by the Free Press, city community services deputy director Kelly Lemoine said the Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service were also called to the scene and that the library would remain closed “until further notice.”
The Winnipeg Public Library website lists Millennium Library as closed on Thursday and Friday, reopening Saturday at 1 p.m.
“There was an incident last evening in the library and the police are looking into the matter,” Gillingham said at an unrelated news conference Thursday. “I don’t have any details on the investigation.”
This is not the first time the Millennium Library has closed following a police incident.
The building was also shuttered on Dec. 11, 2022, after 28-year-old Tyree Cayer was stabbed to death on the main floor. Aside from pickups and returns, other library services didn’t resume until Jan. 23, 2023, with metal detectors and extra security staff in place.
Police did not say where in the library the 40-year-old man had been injured.
— With files from Joyanne Pursaga
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Malak Abas is a city reporter at the Free Press. Born and raised in Winnipeg’s North End, she led the campus paper at the University of Manitoba before joining the Free Press in 2020. Read more about Malak.
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