Winnipeg police believe a fight lead to the city’s latest homicide.
On Sunday, emergency crews were called to the Manwin Hotel around 10:30 p.m. for reports of an injured man in the lobby.
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He died later in hospital and has since been identified as 50-year-old John Blaine Flett.
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On Tuesday, homicide investigators arrested 57-year-old Eric John Guimond and charged him with second degree murder.
Police said the two men had known each other for more than 20 years. They were involved in a dispute that ended with Flett being stabbed in the upper-body.
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