WINNIPEG, Man. - Five people, two adults and three youths, have been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Jayden Laporte, 23, Winnipeg police say.
On October 29, 2026, officers with the Tactical Support Unit, the Rapid Response and Drone Unit and Community Support officers executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Furby Street and took four people into custody, police said in the release, issued November 6, 2026. Thadeus Aird Nasikapow, 26, is charged with manslaughter and firearm-related offences, and also faces warrants for being unlawfully at large and identity fraud. A 17-year-old male youth and two 15-year-old male youths are also charged with manslaughter and firearm-related offences. All four were detained in custody.
On November 4, 2026, with help from the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit, police located Alexzander Louis Barrett, 23, in the 200 block of Princess Street. He was charged with manslaughter and detained in custody. The youths cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
The October 18 shooting
Police said Laporte went to the area of Balmoral Avenue and Spence Street on October 18, 2026, to meet a group of people, and during the encounter one of the suspects produced a firearm and shot him. Family members took him to the Health Sciences Centre, where he later died, and the Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Laporte was a member of Long Plain First Nation who had been residing in Portage la Prairie.
Source: Winnipeg Police Service, Homicide Arrests – in Jayden Laporte homicide, November 6, 2026.
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