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Two people dead after unrelated homicides, Winnipeg police say

Click to play video: 'Investigators search Burrows Avenue home following death of injured woman'
Investigators search Burrows Avenue home following death of injured woman
Winnipeg police forensics investigators searched the yard of a home in the 400 block of Burrows Avenue for details following an incident involving an injured female who later died in hospital. – Nov 21, 2023

Two people are dead after what Winnipeg police are calling unrelated homicides.

Officers said a man and woman were killed early Tuesday in the North District of Winnipeg.

The first was in the 400 block of Burrows Avenue. Authorities said police responded to a call about a 20-year-old woman who was seriously hurt. She was taken to hospital in critical condition and died.

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A few hours later, officers said Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service told them about the suspicious death of a man in the 100 block of Selkirk Avenue.

Investigators in the homicide unit is looking into the cases, and ask anyone with information or home surveillance to call the unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-TIPS or online.

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