2 charged in unrelated homicides hours apart on northern Manitoba First Nation
Men ages 21 and 26 charged with 2nd-degree murder after Mosakahiken Cree Nation assaults left 2 dead: RCMP
Two men have been charged with second-degree murder in what RCMP say were unrelated homicides hours apart in the same northern Manitoba First Nation community.
Mounties responded around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday to reports of a stabbing outside a home on Portage Road in Mosakahiken Cree Nation, located near Moose Lake, approximately 480 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
They took an injured 40-year-old man to the local nursing station, where he was pronounced dead, according to a news release from RCMP on Thursday.
Bruce Walker-Ballantyne, 21, of Mosakahiken, was arrested at the scene. He has been charged with second-degree murder and remains in custody.
A few hours later, just after midnight on Wednesday, RCMP responded to an assault with a weapon at a home on Traders Road in the community. A 19-year-old man was taken to the nursing station and died.
Ahab McNabb, 26, also from the Cree nation, was arrested, detained and charged with second-degree murder on Thursday.
RCMP continue to investigate.
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