By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative  07/06/2024  Murder charges have been laid in what police said was a double homicide earlier this week that left a First Nations community temporarily in lockdown. On Thursday, Manitoba RCMP announced that a 19-year-old man who was arrested on Monday in Minegoziibe Anishinabe, a community also commonly referred to as Pine Creek First Nation, has now been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. The charges come after a violent incident in the community earlier this week. Late Sunday evening around 11:30 p.m., Winnipegosis RCMP received a report of shots fired in the northern community located about 110 kilometres north of Dauphin. Police said officers responded and located an injured 34-year-old man. Life-saving measures were attempted by officers, but the man died from his

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