ManitobaTwo people are dead and a killer is on the run after a double homicide in Manitoba cottage country, RCMP say.Man, 29, and woman, 41, found dead after reports of shooting in rural municipality of Victoria BeachCBC News · Posted: Jun 20, 2025 11:42 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoPolice taped off a driveway leading to the site of a double homicide in the rural municipality of Victoria Beach on Friday. (Ian Froese/CBC)Two people are dead and the killer is on the run after a double homicide in Manitoba cottage country, RCMP say.Police received reports of gunshots on Hampton Road in the Sandy Bay cottage area of the rural municipality of Victoria Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, around 2 a.m. on Friday, they said.Officers found a Winnipeg man, 29, and a Victoria Beach woman, 41, dead.Police believe the killer took off from the scene in a white truck and travelled down Highway 59 before officers arrived.The shooting doesn’t appear to be random, RCMP said.They also said they know the incident will worry people in the small community on the southeast shore of Lake Winnipeg.”We want to reassure residents, as well as cottagers who may be heading up to that area this weekend, that these murders appear to be targeted, and at this time, we believe risk to public safety is low,” RCMP Sgt. Evan Willcock with Manitoba RCMP major crime services said in a news release Friday morning.RCMP are expected to hold a news conference at 1:15 p.m. CT.Local police maintained a presence just off the property while investigators inspected the scene. (Ian Froese/CBC)
Killer at large after double homicide in Lake Winnipeg cottage country: RCMP
