Winnipeg woman fatally shot man with improvised gun during argument, police allege

A 43-year-old woman has been charged after a man was shot and killed in the Weston neighbourhood on Sunday, police say.

Stephanie Traverse was arrested for second-degree murder on Thursday in connection with the death of Justin Boulanger, 34, police said in a news release.

Officers found Boulanger unresponsive inside an apartment suite on Blake Street near Logan Avenue on Sunday morning, and he died after being taken to hospital.

Investigators believe Boulanger and Traverse were inside the suite when they began to argue, and that argument led to Traverse firing an improvised gun at Boulanger, who was from Berens River First Nation, police said Friday.

Traverse had three additional warrants for her arrest, police said. She was detained in custody.