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Christopher Helstrom, of Teulon, Man. killed in Winnipeg apartment hallway

Christopher Helstrom of Teulon, Man. was killed in this Flora Avenue home. Randall Paull/Global News

Winnipeg police say a man is dead after being assaulted in the hallway of an apartment building.

Police said Christopher Helstrom, 27, was found in an apartment hallway in the 600 block of Flora Avenue Saturday just before 5:30 p.m.

He had been assaulted, said WPS Const. Rob Carver, but police wouldn’t elaborate on the nature of his injuries or what kind of assault.

Monday morning, Winnipeg police arrested a suspect in the homicide but he has not been charged at this time.

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Carver said Helstrom was a resident in the building, but wasn’t sure if he was living there permanently. He was not living with the suspect, Carver added.

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