RCMP Thompson Detachment along with the RCMP Major Crime Services from Thompson and Winnipeg are investigating a homicide which occurred in the late afternoon of May 20, 2010, in Thompson, Manitoba.
A 49-year-old man was transported to Thompson General Hospital in critical condition after being assaulted outside a local hotel.
The victim, a resident of Thompson, was later flown to the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg where he died of his injuries.
RCMP have now charged 22-year-old Donald Timothy Massan of Thompson with second degree murder in relation to the incident. Massan has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Thompson Provincial Court on Tuesday, May 25, 2010.
RCMP report that the victim and the accused did not know each other.
An autopsy of the deceased will be conducted at the Health Sciences Centre.
No further charges are anticipated and the investigation continues.
Sgt. Line Karpish
RCMP Media Relations
(204)983-8497
