Man charged in slaying of Roblin girl
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | 10:35 AM CST
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The victim has been identified by family members as Meagen Mancheese, 16. (Facebook) An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in conection to the a 16-year-old girl shot to death in November at a rural Manitoba farmhouse.
The man, who is from the Roblin area, was 17 at the time of the shooting. As a result, police are not releasing his name, which is protected under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Meagen Mancheese, 16, was shot at her family's farmhouse in the Rural Municipality of Hillsburg, 20 kilometres east of the community of Roblin on Nov. 10.
According to police at the time, a 17-year-old boy also suffered a gunshot wound, which appeared to be self-inflicted.
The boy was critically injured but did not die. He called 911 for help and was taken to hospital in Winnipeg in critical but stable condition.
Police have not said if that is the same person who is now charged in the shooting.
Roblin is 400 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, not far from the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
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