Suspects at large in Sandy Bay shooting considered armed, dangerous, Manitoba police say

Police have made an arrest in connection to a shooting on Sandy Bay First Nation last month, but two other suspects remain on the loose.

On Jan. 3, officers were called to a home on Ridge Road North in Sandy Bay, where police say multiple suspects entered the home and assaulted a male victim, who was airlifted to hospital for treatment.

One of the suspects, 36-year-old Gregory James Lee Spence, was arrested in Winnipeg Tuesday in a drug trafficking incident, the Manitoba First Nations Police Service said.

Spence faces a number of firearm and assault charges.

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MFNPS said the two additional suspects, 28-year-old Keith Douglas Racette and 31-year-old Jesse Myles St. Paul, remain at large and are considered to be armed and dangerous.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the MFNPS Sandy Bay First Nation Detachment at 204-843-7700, the MFNPS tip line at 1-833-978-0048, or to email TIPS@mfnp.ca.

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