{"id":517337,"date":"2026-03-06T03:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517337\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:56:13","slug":"chaos-in-court-as-winnipeg-man-found-guilty-of-mass-murder-resists-sheriffs-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517337\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos in court as Winnipeg man found guilty of mass murder resists sheriffs &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Winnipeg jury has found <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jamie-felix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Felix<\/a> guilty of five counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of five people in a rooming house in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Beardy, 34; her sister, Stephanie Beardy, 33; Melelek Lesikel, 29; Dylan Lavallee, 41; and Shawn Marko, 56 were fatally shot in the residence the Crown described as a drug den, or \u201ccrack shack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full courtroom was calm as the jury delivered the verdict. Only a few sniffles and quiet approving whispers could be heard by Global News staff.<\/p>\n<p>Felix was stoic as the judge announced his sentence was life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Things then turned violent as Felix began fighting the sheriffs in court.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>A few moments after being convicted and after the jurors had left the room and court was adjourned, Felix tried to talk to supporters in the courtroom gallery when sheriffs intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Felix became visibly upset as they tried to pull him away. \u201cI just want to say something,\u201d he yelled, and a melee ensued, in which Felix\u2019s shirt was ripped off and one sheriff threatened to pepper spray him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop it,\u00a0Jamie! Stop it!\u201d the sheriffs shouted as they eventually subdued\u00a0Felix and led him out in handcuffs in Court of King\u2019s Bench.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, the Crown argued the suspect opened fire during a bout of paranoia after using drugs and alcohol at the residence several days prior.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11715991\/united-airlines-can-kick-you-off-for-not-weaing-headphones-on-plane\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772769371_333_GettyImages-818602796.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tUnited Airlines can kick you off a flight if you don\u2019t wear headphones\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11714270\/cher-son-elijah-blue-allman-arrested-break-in\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772769371_96_elijah-blue-allman-cher.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCher\u2019s son, Elijah Blue Allman, arrested for 2nd time in 3 days\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The defence argued Felix was set up to take the fall for the shooting that was orchestrated by his father to rob the house.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown called 12 witnesses throughout the trial, including Felix\u2019s mother and his former girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Closing arguments in Langside mass shooting trial'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JAMIE_FELIX_CLOSING_ARG_OM01QTIH_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:52<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClosing arguments in Langside mass shooting trial\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg jury has found Jamie Felix guilty of five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,2169,204597,32320,22073],"class_list":["post-517337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-jamie-felix","tag-trial","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}