Person jumps from window to escape fire
5:06 PM
A person jumped from an upper-floor window of a three-storey apartment building on Selkirk Avenue to escape a fire Thursday.
Firefighters were sent to the building in the 1000 block of Selkirk at 3:38 p.m.
Crews fought the fire from inside and declared it under control at 4:12 p.m. Fire damage was contained to the suite where the fire started.
One person in the suite jumped from a window and was transported to hospital in stable condition, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said. Other occupants of the building were able to get out on their own. No other injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police probing year’s first slaying
2:53 PM
City police are investigating the city’s first homicide of 2024.
The incident happened Thursday in the 800 block of Furby Street.
Police did not release additional details about the incident.
Winnipeg Police have attend a scene in the mid-800 block of Furby Street Thursday. They have taped off the parking lot behind Bardal Funeral Home which faces onto Sherbrook Street and 847, 851 and 855 Furby Street. The backdoor to 847 Furby Street is also blocked with police caution tape.
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Missing Winnipegosis man last seen in Dauphin found
1:57 PM
Raymond Baker, 63, who was reported missing to Mounties late Tuesday morning, has been found. The RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance.
Police were told that several members of the community, including a neighbour, were worried because they had not seen Baker for several days.
Mounties had determined he was last seen in Dauphin on Dec. 27 before being found on Thursday.
Police investigate ‘potentially explosive material’ report in River Park South
1:50 PM
Emergency responders have been dispatched to a “danger call” at a multiple-storey building in River Park South.
“It is a call for potentially explosive material, unconfirmed – but the bomb unit is attending,” police spokeswoman Ally Siatecki told the Free Press.
Siatecki said the Winnipeg Police Service was informed about the midday incident, which prompted an evacuation of a complex in the 300 block of Warde Avenue, around 11:45 a.m.
City police, firefighters and a Winnipeg Transit bus that is providing shelter to evacuees remain on the scene.
There were no early reports of injuries in connection to the incident.
Missing teen last seen in Osborne Village
12:20 PM
Police are searching for a missing teenage girl.
Lena Starr, 17, was last seen in Osborne Village in the area of River Avenue and Osborne Street, the Winnipeg Police Service said Thursday. She was reported missing Friday.
Lena is described as 5-3 in height with a slim build, medium-length straight brown hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a black parka with white fur trim, black pants, black shoes and eyeglasses with black frames.
Police to announce another ‘officer-involved incident’
10:49 AM
The city’s police chief is set to hold a news conference Thursday about an officer-involved incident.
The incident happened in the 200 block of Provencher Boulevard on Wednesday, police said in a release. The news conference is set for 2 p.m.
Earlier this week, Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth held a news conference about another “officer-involved incident.” He briefed journalists on Monday, the day after a 19-year-old international student was fatally shot by police in an apartment at 77 University Cres. A lawyer representing the Nigerian family of the man killed identified him as Afolabi Stephen Opaso.
In another “officer-involved incident,” police fatally shot a 52-year-old man they said was holding a 19-year-old woman hostage inside a Manitoba Housing complex at 25 Furby St. on Dec. 28. Smyth held a news conference about that incident on Friday.
