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Winnipeg police ID 48-year-old Kennedy Street shooting victim

A child and puppy are now safe following a drug, weapons-related arrest on Empress Street, Winnipeg police say. Elisha Dacey/Global News

Winnipeg police are investigating a homicide after they were called to a shooting in the 300 block of Kennedy Street just after midnight Thursday.

Police said they found a man lying outside with serious injuries from a shooting. He was taken to hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

The victim of Winnipeg’s 13th homicide of 2021 has been identified as 48-year-old Marlon Jose Chamorro-Gonzales.

While police were investigating the scene, a 47-year-old man approached them and told them he had been stabbed — in an incident unrelated to the shooting.

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The man was taken to hospital in unstable condition, later upgraded to stable, but has not been able to give police any details of what happened.

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The homicide investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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