Woman charged in fatal shooting
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A woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Winnipeg’s first homicide of the year.
Police arrested Stephanie Lee Traverse, 43, at her city home Thursday.
Through an investigation, police determined Traverse shot 34-year-old Justin Boulanger with an improvised firearm during an argument in Weston.
The incident happened inside a suite on the 300 block of Blake Street on Sunday morning. Boulanger died in hospital.
The killing is not the first in Winnipeg involving homemade guns, also known as zip guns. A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for manslaughter after admitting he shot another man in the face in the victim’s Burrows Avenue home in 2019.