A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg, on September 2, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski)
Winnipeg police have charged a man following a fatal assault Sunday afternoon in the 300 block of Assiniboine Avenue.
Police arrived to find paramedics providing emergency medical care to an unconscious woman in the common area of an apartment building.
The woman appeared to be the victim of an assault and was suffering from serious injuries. She was transported to hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to her injuries.
She has been identified as Lucy Wood, 52, of Winnipeg.
Officers located and arrested a male suspect within the building.
Jules Desjarlais, 20, of Winnipeg, has been charged with second-degree murder, two counts of assault and uttering threats to cause death of bodily harm.
He remains in custody.
