33-year-old charged with assault, lounge owner charged with obstruction after Osborne Village shooting

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· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 7:18 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

A 33-year-old antheral accused of shooting different idiosyncratic astatine an Osborne Village lounge past period has been arrested, and the proprietor of the lounge faces an obstruction complaint successful transportation with the incident, Winnipeg constabulary say.

Police antecedently said they were called to a lounge connected the 100 artifact of Osborne Street, betwixt Stradbrook and River avenues, with a study of a shooting astir 4:20 a.m. connected Feb. 6.

They recovered a 29-year-old antheral inside, suffering from a gunshot wound, and gave him exigency aesculapian care. He was taken to infirmary successful unstable information but aboriginal upgraded to stable condition.

Police were seen going into and retired of the Moonlight Lounge connected Osborne Street aboriginal connected the time of the shooting.

In an update Thursday, police said their probe recovered multiple patrons were astatine the lounge after hours aboriginal connected Feb. 6 erstwhile an argument ensued and past turned physical, starring to 1 of the men pulling retired a weapon and shooting the unfortunate successful the precocious body.

The 33-year-old was identified arsenic a fishy and arrested connected Feb. 11. He has been charged with assault and aggravated assault.

Police besides said Thursday that the proprietor of the lounge, a 48-year-old man, was determination astatine the clip of the shooting. He was arrested and faces a complaint of obstruction, constabulary said successful a quality release.

While constabulary did not place the concern by name, a spokesperson for the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba confirmed the provincial regulator suspended Moonlight Lounge's liquor licence on Feb. 14.

That bid volition stay successful effect until further notice, the spokesperson said successful a written connection to CBC. She declined to remark further owed to an progressive constabulary investigation.