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Dwayne Louis Simard, one of the three men arrested in a weekend standoff in Winnipeg, has died in Stony Mountain prison.
Dwayne Louis Simard, one of the three men arrested in a weekend standoff in Winnipeg, has died in Stony Mountain prison.
Correctional Service Canada said Simard, 37, died on Monday, but it did not elaborate on the circumstances of his death, which is under investigation.
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Dwayne Louis Simard, 37, died in Stony Mountain prison on March 1. (Supplied / Winnipeg Police Service)
Simard had been sentenced to two years and eight months for aggravated assault, which he began serving in November 2017. He was released in early September 2019, but two weeks later breached his conditions, police said at the time.
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Members of the Winnipeg Police Service on scene in the 600 block of McGee Street. Three men were taken into custody including a man wanted for second-degree murder in an October homicide.
Three men, including a suspect wanted for second-degree murder in an October homicide, were arrested during a nearly eight-hour-long standoff in Winnipeg’s West End over the weekend.
Three men, including a suspect wanted for second-degree murder in an October homicide, were arrested during a nearly eight-hour-long standoff in Winnipeg’s West End over the weekend.
Winnipeg Police Service Const. Jay Murray told reporters Sunday that officers arrived at a house in the 600 block of McGee Street to execute a pair of entry warrants shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday.