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UPDATE: Woman stabbed to death near Salter and Redwood

A police investigation keeps a back lane between Aberdeen and Redwood avenues closed on Friday morning. Rudi Pawlychyn / Global News

WINNIPEG – A woman taken to hospital in critical condition after a stabbing early Friday morning has died, police say.

Police were called to the back lane between Aberdeen and Redwood avenues near Salter Street at about 4:15 a.m. Friday.

They found a woman suffering from what looked like stab wounds. She was sent to hospital in critical condition and she later died there.

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The K9 unit was called in as police shut down the area for the investigation during the Friday morning rush hour.

Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call homicide unit investigators at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.

Police respond to the scene of a stabbing in a back lane near Salter Street on Friday morning. Rudi Pawlychyn / Global News

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