Selkirk RCMP are investigating the city’s second homicide in one week.
Police responded to reports of a 64-year-old man in cardiac arrest at a local home on Friday night around 9:15 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from “signs of trauma” and not cardiac arrest like what was reported in the initial 911 call, police told Global News.
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The man was pronounced dead at the scene and police said his death is being treated as a homicide.
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No arrests have been made.
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On Nov. 10, RCMP responded to an injured 30-year-old man in Selkirk. Police said the victim was taken to hospital but died a few hours later.
Police designated the incident a homicide and arrested and charged a 24-year-old man on Wednesday.
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