In Brief

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.

POLICE SEEK TO ID PAIR IN ARSON PROBE

Winnipeg Police Service detectives are asking the public to help them identify two people of interest in a North Point Douglas arson investigation. The fire in a one-and-a-half storey house, on the 0-100 block of Granville Street early on Sept. 28, sent one person to hospital. On Friday, police put out a photograph of two people, who appear to be youths or young adults, wanted in connection to the fire investigation. Firefighters raced to the blaze at around 6 a.m. that day and found bystanders trying to rescue the resident from the home, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said previously. Firefighters were able to pull the person through a window, who was taken to hospital in stable condition. A bystander was treated at the scene for a minor injury. Police ask anyone with information, or potentially relevant dashcam, security or cellphone video from around the time of the incident, to call major crimes detectives at 204-986-2426 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.

TEEN CHARGED IN TAXI STABBING

Winnipeg police have charged a 16-year-old in the stabbing of a taxi driver last month. Officers were called to the 1600 block of Regent Avenue around 9 p.m. Sept. 25, after a cab driver was stabbed following an argument. Investigators say the teen boy was a passenger in the cab when the argument broke out and the driver was stabbed. The suspect fled and the driver went to hospital on his own and was treated for serious upper body injuries. The teen has been charged with assault with a weapon and failing to comply with a sentence. He remains in custody.