Winnipeg Free Press
City has observed 43 homicides in 2020, one shy of last year s record By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
It’s been another bloody year in Winnipeg.
After the city logged a record 44 homicides in 2019, it faces another grim death toll in 2020, amid a global pandemic and government-mandated lockdowns.
As of Wednesday morning, there had been 43 slayings in Winnipeg this year.
The first came Jan. 10, when Reagan Danielle Gross, 49, was killed on the 100 block of Hindley Avenue. The cause of death was not released.
Two days later, Yassin Abdu Ahmed, 20, was shot to death on the 100 block of Garry Street.
Author of the article: Glen Dawkins
Publishing date: Dec 26, 2020 • December 26, 2020 • 7 minute read • Police officers examine the scene with the use of an excavator on Tuesday, July 21, at a residence on Alfred Avenue in Winnipeg which was destroyed by fire and demolished on June 20, 2020. RCMP Major Crime Services investigators have now identified a location of interest at 381 Alfred Ave. in Winnipeg that may be linked to the homicide of Gerhard Reimer-Wiebe whose body was discovered in Portage la Prairie, Man., on June 24. Reimer-Wiebe s death was among the 43 homicides investigated in 2020. Photo by Glen Dawkins /Winnipeg Sun
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After setting a dubious mark in 2019 with record 44 homicides, Winnipeg continued its deadly ways in 2020 with another 43 murders with days left before the end of the year.