A 15-year-old boy wanted in connection to the deaths of Danielle Dawn Ballantyne and Marvin William Felix is now in custody, Winnipeg police announced Sunday morning.
The WPS named and released a photo of the youth Friday afternoon with permission they obtained through a court order.
Another 15-year-old also facing second-degree murder charges is already behind bars, police said last week. Officers arrested the teen on Wednesday.
Ballantyne’s body was discovered in an apartment building on Jarvis Avenue around 7 a.m. Monday morning. Earlier that day, three other victims in their 50s who were seriously assaulted in the Point Douglas area were taken to hospital.
One of them, 54-year-old Felix, died Thursday night.
The pair of suspects now face two counts of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault each.
Last week, WPS Const. Dani McKinnon told media the attacks appeared random.
The family of 36-year-old Ballantyne, a mother of four originally from Misipawistik Cree Nation, held a vigil outside her Jarvis Avenue apartment Saturday night.
Family travelled more than 400 km from the Grand Rapids area to attend the event and take her body back home.
A funeral will take place Tuesday in Grand Rapids.
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