Winnipeg records 3 homicides in 3 days, all from vicious beatings

Three people are dead in just three days during a violent stretch in Winnipeg.

The three homicides are unconnected and mark the 13th, 14th and 15th of the year in the city.

On Sunday, a73-year-old man was beaten in front of a residencein the 400 block of Redwood Avenue, in the city's North End. He died the next day in hospital from upper-body and head injuries, police said

Officers were called around 2 a.m. Sunday and when they arrived the attack was still happening.

A maleyouth was arrested at the scene. He is charged with second-degree murder.

He is alsofacing charges in relation to a number of other violent incidents from August, including armed robbery, uttering threats, and several weapons-related offences.

Police said the victim and the youth, whose age they did not provide, were not known to one another.

Winnipeg records 3 homicides in 3 days

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Winnipeg police are busy investigating three homicides they say are not related.

Beating at underpass

Another man died Monday afternoonafter being beaten on a sidewalk near the McPhillipsStreet underpass.

Emergency crews were called to the corner ofMcPhillipsand Logan Avenuearound 4p.m.and rushed the man to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Police have no further information on the incident or the man's age.

The investigation is continuing by members of the Homicide Unit and anyone withinformationis asked to contact investigators at (204) 986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-TIPS (8477).

Body found in house

Those two homicidescome afterJason Peter John James,40, was found "violently assaulted" anddead on Saturday inside a house on PritchardAvenue.

No arrests have been made in that case. Police said they areworking to identifysuspects.

Asked about the police service'sconcern over the spate of homicides, spokesman Const. Rob Carver simplysaid "that's the nature of homicides."

He noted there was a lengthy period not long ago during which no murders were recorded.