Crazy brother kills sister, injures seven in First Nation stabbing rampage in Canada
05-Sep-2025.
An 18-year-old woman was killed on September 4 and the suspect her brother is dead after multiple people were stabbed in Hollow Water First Nation.
In the early morning attacks seven other community members were injured, said Supt. Rob Lasson, the officer in charge of Manitoba RCMP major crime services on September 3 afternoon at a news conference. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 60.
Tyrone Simard, 26, from Hollow Water, about 160 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, was identified as the suspect.
Lasson said the 18-year-old woman who was killed was Simard's sister.
Lasson said, Simard died as he fled the community in a stolen vehicle, crashing with an RCMP vehicle around 6:50 a.m. on Provincial Road 304 near Black River First Nation, about 40 kilometres south of Hollow Water.
The Mountie in the vehicle, who was responding to the attacks, was also seriously injured but is expected to make a full recovery, he said.
Lasson says she "responded with courage up a dark highway early in the morning."
"If the threat wouldn't have been stopped at that time, the RCMP would have had a very busy, challenging day today."
Shortly before 4 a.m. initial reports of the violence began when a First Nation safety officer told Royal Canadian Mounted Police about an attack in the community about half an hour earlier, saying the suspect fled and medical personnel were needed.
The suspect and the victims all knew each other, though Lasson didn't say whether any more are related to Simard.
He said, The RCMP's primary focus is to talk to anyone who might have seen or heard anything. They're also still working to determine whether there are any more victims, with officers "going from house to house."
Lason said, There's also nothing to indicate so far that the attacks were inspired by the 2022 stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan that killed 11 people and injured 17 others. The fact that Thursday marked the third anniversary of those attacks was "merely a coincidence," he said.
As he spoke at the news conference Hollow Water Chief Larry Barke got emotional.
He said, "I ask the community to pray and support one another out there".
Michael Raven was one of the seven people injured in the stabbings, said his son Jordan Hamilton and daughter Christy Williams, who spoke with reporters outside Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre, where Raven's being treated.
Their father was at home sleeping on Thursday, when someone broke in, woke him up and stabbed him several times, the siblings said on Thursday before the news conference.
Hamilton and Williams said, Raven's lung was punctured by a stab in his back. He was also hit with a bottle, but the siblings said he is conscious, awake and talking.
"The community is all shaken up from it. It is not something that happens in Hollow Water," Williams said. "This is scary for everybody.… This incident doesn't sum up Hollow Water."
Out of respect for the other victims' families, the siblings declined to speak about what led to their father's stabbing. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called the Mountie who was injured a hero.
"She stopped a man on a rampage, so on behalf of the province of Manitoba, I thank her" he said at the news conference. said Dr. Shawn Young, chief operating officer of Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Shawn Young, chief operating officer of Health Sciences Centre said, six of the victims were taken to hospital by ambulance, and another two were medevacked by STARS air ambulance.
One victim had surgery, and another remained in an operating room, he said at the news conference.
He said, a code orange alert was issued in the hospital at 8:14 a.m. A code orange is called when a hospital needs to prepare for a potential sudden influx of patients.
The hospital put operating rooms on hold to ensure there was a "clear path" for victims to get there, said Young.
"It's awful to say this, but this is our work. We receive trauma every single day," he said. "Six or seven [people] is a bit much in a short period of time, but it's our role as leaders to clear a path for folks to be able to assist and treat."
Mounties said there is no further risk to public safety.
RCMP said, Provincial Road 304 was closed in both directions south of Black River First Nation in connection with the incident. It reopened around 5 p.m.
Hollow Water First Nation, also known as Waanibiigaaw or Wanipigow in Ojibwe, is an Anishinaabe community located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg.
Hollow Water First Nation, also known as Waanibiigaaw or Wanipigow in Ojibwe, is an Anishinaabe community located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg.
Till August, there were just over 1,100 registered community members living on reserve.
The Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada website says.
