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Manitoba RCMP arrest suspects in connection with shooting, assault and robbery in Pukatawagan

Bowden Nicholas, 22, was arrested by Manitoba RCMP. Provided by Manitoba RCMP

Manitoba RCMP have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting, assault and robbery in Pukatawagan.

Mounties posted on X just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday that a 17-year-old and a 22-year-old who were wanted were arrested without incident.

On Friday at 1:05 a.m., officers received reports that someone had been shot at a home on Crow Rock Drive.

Attending officers found a 16-year-old boy with a shotgun wound. He was taken to the nursing station.

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Police say the investigation determined that a teenage boy had come to the home on a snowmobile. The victim was outside with the two suspects when several shots were fired by the 17-year-old and the victim was struck.

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The victim was taken to a Winnipeg hospital, where he currently remains.

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Shortly after, at 3:05 a.m., police became aware of an assault in the community. A 19-year-old woman was physically assaulted, resulting in minor injuries.

At around 7:45 p.m. that day, police heard word of a robbery with a firearm at a business on Amisk Drive. Police say a 12-year-old boy was outside the business on his snowmobile when a man pointed a gun at him and told him to get off the snowmobile. The man then took the property and fled.

The 12-year-old was not harmed and the snowmobile was found a short distance away from the business.

Police say the investigation determined the suspects as a 17-year-old boy and 22-year-old Bowden Nicholas.

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