Police shot and killed a man in the town of Niverville, Manitoba, about 20 kilometers south of Winnipeg, in the early morning of June 5, 2024. It is reported that the killing happened around 3 AM, in the area of Drovers Run, a business strip that runs along Highway 311 through the town. Both Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) officers were present on scene in an area around a Shell gas station and Tim Hortons donut shop at the corner of Drovers Run and Krahn Road. It is also reported that another man fled the scene, while a woman was taken into police custody.
Winnipeg police were present at a second scene southeast of Niverville at the corner of Highway 59 and Highway 305. A Winnipeg police cruiser was parked there reportedly with part of its front end smashed in and around a dozen holes in its windshield. RCMP say the two scenes are connected. RCMP were also present in Otterburne, almost 20 minutes south of Niverville, near Providence University College and Theological Seminary.
The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) reports that police Air1 tracked the vehicle to Otterburne near the postsecondary institution, where police claim that at around 1:50 AM, the vehicle rammed a WPS vehicle. Officers discharged their firearms at the vehicle, which fled the scene.
The vehicle was tracked to Drovers Run in Niverville, where officers located a
man with a gunshot wound. The man was pronounced dead on-site.
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