Woman killed by brother in mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say

An 18-year-old adult female was killed and the surmise — her comrade — is deadened after multiple people were stabbed in core out Water First Nation on Thursday, RCMP say.

Seven other community members were injured in the early morning attacks, said Supt. Rob Lasson, the officer in charge of Manitoba RCMP major crime services, at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 60.

Tyrone Simard, 26, from Hollow Water, about 160 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, was identified as the suspect.

Lasson said the 18-year-old woman who was killed was Simard's sister.

A Mountie responding to the attacks was also seriously injured when her vehicle and the one Simard was driving crashed around 6:50 a.m., Lasson said. She's expected to make a full recovery.

The injured officer "responded with courage up a dark highway early in the morning," Lasson said.

"If the threat wouldn't have been stopped at that time, the RCMP would have had a very busy, challenging day today."

Initial reports of the violence began shortly before 4 a.m., when a First Nation safety officer told RCMP about an attack in the community about half an hour earlier, saying the suspect fled and medical personnel were needed.

About two hours later, RCMP were called about a possible stabbing in the community, and officers from multiple detachments were sent there.

They found multiple people suffering from stab wounds.

Police were also alerted about a second scene, where additional victims were found, Lasson said.

Michael Raven was one of the seven people injured in the stabbings, said his son Jordan Hamilton and daughter Christy Williams, who spoke with reporters outside Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre, where Raven's being treated.

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Their father was at home sleeping on Thursday, when someone broke in, woke him up and stabbed him several times, the siblings said on Thursday before the news conference.

Raven's lung was punctured by a stab in his back, Hamilton and Williams said. He was also hit with a bottle, but the siblings said he is conscious, awake and talking.

"The community is all shaken up from it. It is not something that happens in Hollow Water," Williams said. "This is scary for everybody.… This incident doesn't sum up Hollow Water."

Out of respect for the other victims' families, the siblings declined to speak about what led to their father's stabbing.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called the Mountie who was injured a hero.

"She stopped a man on a rampage, so on behalf of the province of Manitoba, I thank her," he said at the news conference.

Six of the victims were taken to hospital by ambulance, and another two were medevaced by STARS air ambulance, said Dr. Shawn Young, chief operating officer of Health Sciences Centre.

A code orange alert was issued in the hospital at 8:14 a.m., he said. A code orange is called when a hospital needs to prepare for a potential sudden influx of patients.

Mounties said there is no further risk to public safety.

Highway 304 is closed in both directions south Black River First Nation, about 40 km south of Hollow Water, in connection with the violence, RCMP said.

Hollow Water First Nation, also known as Waanibiigaaw or Wanipigow in Ojibwe, is an Anishinaabe community located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg. As of August, there were just over 1,100 registered community members living on reserve, the Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada website says.

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