Boy, 16, charged with 2nd-degree murder after another boy killed in northern Manitoba

Charges have been laid against a16-year-old boy arrested last week in connection with the death of another boy in northern Manitoba.

The16-year-old is charged with second-degree murder and remains in custody fora court appearance in Thompson, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.

Officers were called around 1:55 a.m. on Oct. 4 about an assault happening outside a home in Marcel Colomb First Nation, also known as Black Sturgeon Falls, about 800 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

Officers found a16-year-old boywho was pronounced dead at the scene. Another16-year-old boy was arrested.

RCMPcontinue to investigate.