Crown stays charge in fatal shooting at Waywayseecappo
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The Crown Attorney’s Office has stayed a second-degree murder charge against a man who was accused of fatally shooting a 23-year-old man in Waywayseecappo First Nation.
Ferlin Bone, 32, appeared in Brandon provincial court on Monday.
Crown attorney Reid Girard said the Crown had received more disclosure from police and the “information has impacted our reasonable likelihood of conviction.”
The Brandon courthouse entrance on 11th Street. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun files)
Stayed charges can be re-laid up to one year later.
On Aug. 31, 2025, Manitoba First Nation Police received a report of a shooting in Waywayseecappo First Nation.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound, RCMP said in a news release in early September 2025.
The man was transported to the hospital in critical condition and later died, RCMP said.
Manitoba RCMP Major Crime Services took over the investigation and identified Bone as a suspect. A warrant was issued for Bone’s arrest, and he later surrendered.
Mounties said Bone and the deceased were known to each other.
After staying the second-degree murder charge, the Crown consented to Bone’s release on his charges of pointing a firearm and unauthorized possession of a prohibited firearm from August 2025.
He was released on a $2,000 promise to pay, along with several conditions, including that he does not attend Waywayseecappo First Nation except for court appearances.
Bone is scheduled to appear in court again next month.
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