WINNIPEG — Multiple police units responded to reports of 100 youths fighting, one of them armed with a shotgun, in a parking lot Friday night, according to police.
“It appears to have been a group of youths that perhaps were meeting for a pre-organized fight or dispute,” Winnipeg Police Constable Tammy Skrabek said Monday.
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Winnipeg police responded at approximately 1 a.m. with 11 police units to the Woodhaven Park Community Club at 200 Glendale Boulevard.
Officers conducted a traffic stop of an SUV believed to be connected to the incident on the St. James Bridge. A shotgun, two pellet guns and two cans of pepper spray were recovered from the vehicle.
Seven occupants: a female youth, three male youths and three male adults were arrested and charged.
The seven accused have been charged with:
- Point firearm
- Possess firearm in a motor vehicle
- Posses weapon
- Possess unauthorized firearm
- Careless use of firearm
The adult males arrested were Charles Kaniki, 18, Keanu Oliveira, 19 and Abdullahi Mohamed, 28.
Police do not believe the incident to be gang related.
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