Four charged with murder in Magnus Avenue homicide
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Four men have been charged with second-degree murder after a slaying on Magnus Avenue this winter.
The men were arrested between July 7 and Wednesday for the killing of 35-year-old Matthew Robert Pelletier, who formerly lived in Winnipeg.
Derek Donald Franklin, 43, is also charged with possession of a weapon and breaching a release order. Clinton William Wirffel, 40, is also charged with two counts of breaching a release order.
Eric Jade Wirffel, 40, and Charlie Bronson Keeper, 37, face only the murder charges.
All four men have criminal records.
Pelletier was found dead in a home on the afternoon of Feb. 25.
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Winnipeg Police Service vehicles outside a house on Magnus Avenue where a man was found slain in February.