Winnipeg police have laid charges and identified the victim in the city’s 11th homicide of the year.
Officers were sent to the 500 block of Magnus Avenue at approximately 6:17 p.m. Friday for a report of a man armed with weapons.
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One person was taken into custody when police arrived. A deceased man was then found inside a nearby home.
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The victim has been identified as Franklin Aaron Tobacco, 31, of Winnipeg.
Twenty-nine-year-old David Allan Morrisseau, also of Winnipeg, has been charged with second degree murder and remains in custody.
The investigation continues.
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