Winnipeg man charged with 2nd degree murder in connection to death of 28-year-old woman

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.

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