Manitoba

Police investigating homicide after man, 66, found dead in West End suite

Winnipeg police are investigating after a 66-year-old man was found dead in a suite at a West End residential building on Thursday morning.

Body of Son Minh Nguyen was discovered in Home Street residential building Thursday: Winnipeg police

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The body of Son Minh Nguyen was found in a suite on Home Street Thursday morning, Winnipeg police say. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)

Winnipeg police are investigating after a 66-year-old man was found dead in a suite in a West End residential building on Thursday morning.

Officers were called to the building on Home Street near Sargent Avenue just before 8 a.m., with a report of a severely injured man found inside a suite, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Friday news release.

When they got there, they found Son Minh Nguyen's body. The Winnipeg man's death is believed to be a homicide, police say.

Nguyen's death is the city's 36th homicide of the year.

Anyone with information that may help homicide investigators is asked to call 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.

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