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Charges laid in Cumberland House homicide

Nov 28, 2010 | 8:35 AM

A 25-year old, Cumberland House Cree Nation man is charged with second degree murder in the death of a 43-year-old man from the Cumberland House Cree Nation.

RCMP were dispatched on Friday at about 2:30 a.m., to a disturbance call at a home on the Cumberland House Cree Nation.

RCMP said, the 43-year-old was found injured following an altercation. He was taken to the Cumberland House Health Clinic, where he died from his injuries shortly after.

The 25-year-old will be appearing in La Ronge Provincial Court on Monday.