Winnipeg man, teen charged with 2nd-degree murder in fatal weekend stabbing

Winnipeg police have made a pair of arrests in connection with a fatal stabbing on Furby Street Saturday morning.

Jonathan Michael Gladue, 23, and a 17-year-old boy are both in custody facing second-degree murder charges after an investigation into the death of 50-year-old George Nickolas Demos.

Police said they were called to a back lane in the 200 block of Furby around 3:20 a.m., where they found the unresponsive victim. The suspects had already fled the scene.

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The homicide unit continues to investigate and is asking anyone with potentially helpful surveillance footage to call police at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS.

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