WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police have upgraded charges to 1st degree murder in the death of a 49-year-old Beausejour man in June.
Jason Stinson was shot dead on the banks of the Red River on June 12, 2015. An off-duty officer had discovered his body near the water’s edge in Stephen Juba Park, north of The Forks.
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Steven Anthony Morrisseau, 29, was later arrested and charged with second degree murder. Morrisseau and Stinson were roommates and officers believe they got into a fight before Stinson was shot.
On Thursday, police upgraded Morrisseau’s charges to first degree murder.
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