{"id":198299,"date":"2026-09-06T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/198299\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:00:15","slug":"man-in-critical-condition-after-early-morning-shooting-in-downtown-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/198299\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in critical condition after early morning shooting in downtown Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a>\u00b7Updated<\/p>\n<p>A man in his 20s is in critical condition after an early morning shooting in downtown Winnipeg on Sunday, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Police found man in his 20s suffering from gunshot wound near University of Winnipeg around 4:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Sep 06, 2026 10:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Six police officers stand on a city street that has been blocked off with yellow caution tape\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788714014_741_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Winnipeg police say a man was taken to hospital in critical condition after a shooting downtown early Sunday morning. (Trevor Brine\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A man in his 20s is in critical condition after an early morning shooting in downtown Winnipeg on Sunday, police say. <\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the area of Portage Avenue and Balmoral Street, near the University of Winnipeg, around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Claude Chancy said in an email to CBC News. <\/p>\n<p>Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound when they got there. <\/p>\n<p>The man was given emergency first aid and was taken to hospital in critical condition, Chancy said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Two police officers walk behind caution tape along a city sidewalk with a police vehicle parked on the street\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788714015_450_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7766233766233765\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Winnipeg police say the major crimes unit is investigating after a man was found suffering from gunshot wounds near Portage Avenue and Balmoral Street early Sunday morning. (Trevor Brine\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>The major crimes unit is investigating the incident. <\/p>\n<p>A stretch of sidewalk along Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg remained taped off after 11 a.m. on Sunday. Multiple officers were still at the scene and police vehicles were parked on the street. <\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, police said. <\/p>\n<p>With files from Matt Humphrey<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba\u00b7Updated A man in his 20s is in critical condition after an early morning shooting in downtown Winnipeg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-198299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}