{"id":747936,"date":"2026-06-19T19:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/747936\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:54:24","slug":"winnipeg-police-to-address-overnight-shooting-involving-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/747936\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police to address overnight shooting involving officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg police chief is expected to provide an update Friday afternoon following an overnight incident in which an officer discharged a firearm. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Gene Bowers was scheduled to speak at police headquarters at 12:30 p.m., according to a notice issued by the Winnipeg police. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities have released few details about the circumstances surrounding the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) told CityNews in a statement: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth and safety of our members is our top priority. In recent years, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) has seen a concerning increase in the number of violent incidents involving frontline responders.\u00a0In 2025, WFPS members filed 109 reports regarding violent incidents and\/or threats of violence in the workplace. This was down since 2024 when there 209 reports filed. We believe there are a number of factors for this reduction including updated staging and dispatch policies. As well, we believe that incidents involving threats or verbal abuse may be under-reported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to come. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police chief is expected to provide an update Friday afternoon following an overnight incident in which an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-747936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747936","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=747936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}