Winnipeg police have arrested a man in connection to a homicide of a woman who was found unresponsive near Portage Place mall in the downtown area.
Police have charged Ryan John Kennedy from Winnipeg with second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Briannah Clowes, police said in a news release on Sunday.
Investigators said the 32-year-old man was known to the victim who was found with life-threatening injuries Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of The Promenade — the thoroughfare just north of Portage Place mall.
Clowes was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died, police previously said in a release on Saturday.
Kennedy was arrested on Sunday and is being held in custody, police said.