Weekend homicide shocks Neepawa

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Published on Thursday, November 30, 2017

Photo by Micah Waddell.

By Micah Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Few details have been made public related to a recent homicide in the Town of Neepawa. What has been released thus far from the RCMP, is that at around 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, local RCMP officers received and responded to a call regarding a yet unnamed deceased male in a residence near Hwy 5 north in Neepawa.

The death is being investigated as a homicide. Local law enforcement have been receiving assistance from the Serious Crime Units from Brandon, Winnipeg and Dauphin. 

The news of this event has come as a shock to most of the community. A major violent crime has not occurred since 2010, when a 21 year old was arrested in connection to a homicide during that year. Neepawa is a rather peaceful town and crime of this kind and severity is not commonplace.

Neepawa Mayor Adrian De Groot said, “I was shocked when I was told Saturday morning.” He went on to say that speculation and suspicion would get people no where and that until hard facts have been released nothing can be confirmed. As of the print deadline the name of the victim and further details on the investigation have not yet been released by the RCMP.