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Police shot on Jubilee Ave.

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Emergency workers wheel stretcher to the scene of a late-night shooting at 723 Jubilee Avenue. Two other officers were injured and a man, also injured, is in custody.
 
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Suspect in custody in Jubilee shooting
A Winnipeg police officer shot in the stomach during a drug raid Thursday night remains in hospital in guarded condition, Police Chief Jack Ewatski said Friday. A 21-year-old man is in custody.
The 12-year veteran was one of three officers shot as they executed a drug search warrant at a house at 723 Jubilee Ave. just before 11 p.m.
Another officer, a 17-year veteran, was shot in his hand and forearm. <Full Story>




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Brother a cop, so shooting hits home
THE news cut through me like a knife.
Late Thursday night I learned three Winnipeg police officers had been injured -- at least one shot -- while investigating an incident on Jubilee Avenue. <Full Story>




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