Manitoba

Man, 56, found dead in northwest Winnipeg

Yellow tape is strung across the front yard of a bungalow in Winnipeg's Shaughnessy Park neighbourhood, where police say a man was found dead on Monday afternoon.

Death being treated as homicide, but there is no threat to public: police

A police car is parked on the road in front of a 1 1/2-storey house, which is blocked by yellow police tape.
A police car is parked in front of a house on Selkirk Avenue on Tuesday morning. Another cruiser was parked at back as police investigate a homicide. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

Yellow tape is strung across the front yard of a bungalow in Winnipeg's Shaughnessy Park neighbourhood, where police say a man was found dead on Monday afternoon.

Officers were called around 4:40 p.m. to the house on Selkirk Avenue near McNichol Street. Neighbours told CBC News there was a heavy police presence well into the evening.

The man, whose death is considered a homicide, has been identified by police as Edgar Allan Bear, 56. He was a member of the Peguis First Nation but living in the city, according to a news release from police on Tuesday.  

No other information about the death or any arrests has been provided by police.

Two police cruisers remained at the house on Tuesday, holding the scene for investigators, a police spokesperson said, who noted there is no threat to the public.

Anyone with video surveillance or information that could help investigators is asked to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508.

Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477, or online.

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