Winnipeg police charge 32-year-old man in mass shooting that killed 4 (Native on native violence)

CBC News ^ | Dec 01, 2023 | Sarah Petz

[jerod]

Winnipeg police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man with second-degree murder in connection with the mass shooting that left four people dead early Sunday morning in the city's West Broadway neighbourhood, a news release says.

Jamie Randy Felix is charged with four counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, a police news release says.

He was arrested at 6:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Fernwood Avenue, Insp. Jennifer McKinnon said at a news conference shortly after 10 a.m. the same day.

A large police presence was seen in the area of Fernwood Avenue and St. Anne's Road, in the city's St. Vital area, early Friday morning, including a tactical unit vehicle.

At Friday's news conference, police said Felix had only been in custody for a few hours and they could not say if he knew the victims or why he was at the Langside Street home where Sunday's mass shooting happened.

"That's forming part of our investigation now," said Sgt. Wade MacDonald of the homicide unit.

Investigators will execute a number of a search warrants Friday, MacDonald said.

Crystal Shannon Beardy, 34, Stephanie Amanda Beardy, 33, Melelek Leseri Lesikel, 29, and Dylan Maxwell Lavallee, 41, died after being shot in a unit of a multi-suite dwelling on Langside Street early Sunday morning.

Crystal Beardy and one of the men were pronounced dead at the scene. Three other people were rushed to hospital in critical condition, where another man and Stephanie Beardy died.

Felix's twin brother, Johnathen James Felix, was murdered in 2012.

Felix told CBC Radio's Now or Never in 2020 that he struggled with addictions following his brother's death but had managed to find help through a support group for young men.

Victims remembered

Crystal and Stephanie Beardy were sisters, their mother, Beverley Beardy, confirmed to CBC News earlier this week.

The sisters were members of Lake St. Martin First Nation. Crystal was a mother of two boys and was living in Winnipeg, while Stephanie, a mother of two girls, was visiting the city from Lake St. Martin, their aunt Roberta Owen said at a vigil for the siblings in Winnipeg's North End on Tuesday night.

She described her nieces as jokesters who were happy spirited, which is how she wants them to be remembered...

[jerod]

Finding strength in the circle

CBC Radio Nov 05, 2020

How a group of Indigenous men in Winnipeg are helping each other heal

Jamie Felix, Oji-Cree

After his twin brother was murdered, Jamie's world was shattered — and he searched everywhere for support. Still, he struggled to escape from a lifestyle of drinking and drugs. But everything changed when he met Jonny and was welcomed into the circle.

"We're going to make the followers that follow us — we're going to turn them into leaders. I'm going to keep working on myself. Maybe one day I'll become a motivational speaker. Put your mind to anything and you can do it."

[Uncle Miltie]

This knife-violence must end!

Ban Assault Steak Knives!

[Steely Tom]

Native on native violence

Why the killer(s) in the Highway of Tears disappearances won't be revealed, or caught.

[riverrunner]

I have a feeling alcohol was involved.

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, and the CBC will find a way to blame law enforcement for not stopping it from happening.