1 month ago
Swift News
An 18-year-old woman was killed and the suspect — her brother — is dead after multiple people were stabbed in Hollow Water First Nation on Thursday, RCMP say.
Seven other community members were injured in the early morning attacks, said Supt. Rob Lasson, the officer in charge of Manitoba RCMP major crime services, at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 60.
Tyrone Simard, 26, from Hollow Water, about 160 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, was identified as the suspect.
Lasson said the 18-year-old woman who was killed was Simard's sister.
Simard died as he fled the community in a stolen vehicle, crashing with an RCMP vehicle around 6:50 a.m. on Provincial Road 304 near Black River First Nation, about 40 kilometres south of Hollow Water, Lasson said.
Lasson says she "responded with courage up a dark highway early in the morning."
"If the threat wouldn't have been stopped at that time, the RCMP would have had a very busy, challenging day today."
Initial reports of the violence began shortly before 4 a.m., when a First Nation safety officer told RCMP about an attack in the community about half an hour earlier, saying the suspect fled and medical personnel were needed.
About two hours later, RCMP were called about a possible stabbing in the community, and officers from multiple detachments were sent there.
They found multiple people suffering from stab wounds. Police were then alerted about a second scene, where more victims were found, Lasson said.
Lasson wouldn't say whether any complaints were made to police about Simard the night before the attacks, as the non-criminal investigation is still in its early phase.
