Winnipeg police have charged a man with second-degree murder after a homicide on Ellice Avenue last week.
On October 21, at approximately 4:45 a.m., police responded to a report of an injured male in the 600 block of Ellice Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased man.
The deceased victim has been identified as Dennis Tougas Beardy, 20, of Winnipeg.
On October 25, general patrol officers arrested a suspect.
Sidney Sheldon Rene Racette, 35, faces charges of second-degree murder, assaulting a police officer, disarming a police officer and resisting arrest.
He was detained in custody.
Beardy’s death was Winnipeg’s 35th homicide of the year.
