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Two 15-year-old youths have been charged with the second-degree murder of a 30-year-old man in Regina on Boxing Day.
Regina Police Service (RPS) said in a news release on Sunday that 30-year-old Charles Russell Thompson was found with stab wounds around 5:50 p.m. on Dec. 26 near 8th Avenue and Retallack Street in the North Central neighbourhood.
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The two male youths, who cannot be named, were arrested and charged on Saturday.
As well as the second-degree murder charges, both youths are also facing charges for failing to comply with a release order, and one was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
They are both scheduled to appear in Regina Youth Court on Dec. 30, 2024.
Regina’s first homicide of 2024 did not occur until May, when Everett Wolfe Roberts-Orr died from injuries after being found on Sherwood Drive on May 12. Two people were charged.
The city’s second homicide happened on June 1 after Jason Martin, 19, was murdered on Reynolds Street near College Avenue. Two men have been charged.
Regina’s third homicide of 2024 was a 25-year-old man who was shot on June 29 in the 1900 block of McIntyre Street. Three people have been charged.
RPS charged a 39-year-old Regina man with second-degree murder after the death of a woman in the North Central neighbourhood was recorded as the city’s fourth homicide of 2024.
No arrests have been made in the city’s fifth homicide of the year after a woman died in hospital on Dec. 6 after being found in the North Central neighbourhood around 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 3 with apparent gunshot wounds.
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