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RCMP have charged 25-year-old Lawrence Jade Shingoose in relation to the killing of a 15-year-old girl on Waywayseecappo First Nation.

Around 7 pm on Saturday, April 11th, Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) responded to reports of a gunshot at a home.

Responding officers discovered the teen girl suffering from a gunshot wound. She was then transported to a hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.

Lawrence Jade Shingoose, of the Waywayseecappo First Nation, is facing charges of Manslaughter, Criminal Negligence Causing Death with Firearm, Careless Use of a Firearm and Possess Weapon Contrary to Order in relation to this incident.

He has been taken into custody.