Manitoba

Winnipeg police seek video footage after West Broadway homicide

An unresponsive,50-year-old man was found in a back lane on Furby Street, Winnipeg police said in a news release. The release said police responded to a report of a man who had been stabbed at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. 

50-year-old man found unresponsive, later died from injuries

A man is dead after being stabbed in West Broadway early Saturday morning.
Winnipeg police say they responded to a report of a man who had been stabbed at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He later died from his injuries. Police said no arrests have been made yet in connection with the incident. (Travis Golby/CBC)

Winnipeg police are asking for the public's help in investigating a homicide that took place in the West Broadway area Saturday morning. 

Police responded to a report of a man who had been stabbed at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, a news release said. An unresponsive 50-year-old man was found in a back lane on Furby Street, police said. 

Officers provided emergency medical care for the man, before he was transported to hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries, the release said. 

The homicide unit has assumed the investigation, but no arrests have been made, the release said. 

A 50-year-old man was stabbed in a back alley behind a funeral home on Furby Street.
Investigators were on scene Saturday morning after a man was found dead behind a funeral home. (Travis Golby/CBC)

On Saturday morning, police had taped off an alley in between the Thomson Funeral Home and an apartment complex at 250 Furby St. Officers along with a police forensics vehicle were at the scene. 

Sandals, glasses and other items of clothing were visible on the ground in the alley. 

Anyone with information or residential or commercial video surveillance footage that may assist investigators is asked to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477, the release said.