Homicide – Arrest: C22- 79438

Released: July 8, 2022 at 8 a.m.

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Update:

The Winnipeg Police Service Homicide Unit continued to investigate the murder of Ira DISBROWE on April 18, 2022.

On July 6, 2022, Homicide investigators attended the Women’s Correctional Centre in Headingley and arrested 43-year-old Samantha Lee BRUYERE of Winnipeg for the murder of DISBROWE (she was already in custody on unrelated charges).

BRUYERE was charged with Second Degree Murder and remains in custody.

As previously released:

The Winnipeg Police Service issued a media release about a homicide on April 18, 2022, in the 700 block of Sargent Avenue due to a shooting.

The deceased has now been identified as Ira Hayes DISBROWE, a 26-year-old male of Winnipeg.


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