RCMP fatally shoot 17-year-old in northern Manitoba First Nation

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Peggy

A 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot by an RCMP officer in Norway House Cree Nation on Friday.

RCMP said officers from the Norway House detachment responded at around 1:45 a.m. to a call for police assistance at a house in the community, about 460 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

Manitoba’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit, which has since taken over the investigation, said a resident from the house on Niska View contacted the RCMP and told them the teen was high and armed with a weapon.

Officers were dispatched, and when they arrived at the home, they found the youth outside armed with an edged weapon, RCMP said in a news release Friday.

Police gave numerous orders to the youth to drop the weapon, but he moved closer to the officers, and one of them discharged their firearm, RCMP said.

The 17-year-old male from Norway House Cree Nation received medical aid before being transported to a hospital, where he later died.

The IIU said a team of investigators were deployed after the shooting, and they have requested the Manitoba Police Commission to appoint a civilian monitor.

Anyone who witness the incident or has video footage that might assist in the investigation is asked to contact Manitoba’s police watchdog at 1-844-667-6060.