On May 7, 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m., North District Community Support officers were conducting proactive enforcement in the North Point Douglas area when they observed two passengers of a taxi cab that were not wearing their seatbelts. A traffic stop was conducted in the 100 block of Euclid Avenue. While attempting to confirm identity, the female occupant was asked to exit the taxi when a single .22 calibre bullet was observed in plain view on the backseat. A protective pat down was conducted which revealed a BB gun on her person.
Further investigation revealed a loaded sawed-off .22 calibre rifle with ammunition in the magazine within the vehicle.
Both female and male occupants of the taxi cab were arrested without incident.
Alexa Mary Reine POWDERHORN, (21) of Winnipeg is charged with the following:
- Carrying Concealed Weapon Prohibited Device or Ammunition x 2
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
- Fail to Comply with Condition of Undertaking x 2
Taylor Gilbert LINLATER, (25) of Winnipeg is charged with the following:
- Carrying Concealed Weapon Prohibited Device or Ammunition
- Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
- Possession of Firearm, Restricted/Prohibited Weapon, Firearm Part of Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order x 2
- Fail to Comply with Condition of Release Order x 3
- Warrant – Fail to Comply Release Order x 3
- Warrant – Fail to Comply Probation Order
Both were detained in custody.