BOY, 16, CHARGED IN SLAYING OF 15-YEAR-OLD

A 16-YEAR-OLD teen has been charged in the killing of a 15-year-old boy after he was shot in North Point Douglas on Saturday.

Officers responded to the incident at just after 5 p.m. near Grove Street and Rex Avenue and found the 15-year-old boy with gunshot wounds, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Friday.

The boy was rushed to hospital in critical condition but later died, police said.

The victim was a member of Peguis First Nation but lived in Winnipeg.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder and is in custody.