2 men shot dead inside Winnipeg's Johnny G's restaurant

Two men are dead after being gunned down insideapopularlate-night restaurant and pub in downtown Winnipeg.

Police were called to Johnny G's on Main Street between York Avenue and Broadway around 1:30 a.m. CT Wednesday and found the men suffering from gunshot wounds.

They were rushed tohospital in serious condition but died a short time later.Police gave limited details about the shooting.

"I've been advised that there may be people that investigators want to speak to, but I can tell you that there's no additional threat to the public. And you can take from that what you will," said Winnipeg police spokespersonConst. Rob Carver.

Investigators from the police service'sidentification unit were inside the business for hours, which wassurrounded by yellow caution tape.

Carver said he did not know how many customerswere inside the restaurant at the time of the shooting but that "there absolutely were other people."

"I don't think it was packed I don't think you'll find most restaurants on a very snowy Wednesday morning packed at 1:30 a.m., but there were people," he said.

The double homicide comes almost exactly six years after another shooting death at Johnny G's, whichis typically open until 4 a.m. every day of the week and is a go-to stop for the after-hours bar crowd.

WilliamMoar, a 24-year-old member of a known city street gang, was shot just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 15, 2013.

According to court testimony in that case,three people followedMoarto Johnny G's from another downtown bar. One of them,DylanChatkana, covered his face with abandana, armed himself with a sawed-off rifle, andwalked into the restaurant afterMoar, court was told.

Heopened fire asMoarwalked out of the restroom.

Chatkana, a teen at the time, wasfound guilty andsentenced as an adult to life in prison.

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Two men are dead after being gunned down inside a popular late-night restaurant and pub in downtown Winnipeg Wednesday morning.

Kyle McAulay watched the aftermath of Wednesday'sshootingfrom inside the VIA Rail building on the other side of Main Street. He was working an overnight shift when police sirens caught his attention.

When he looked out the window, McAulay said he saw two unmarked police cars pull up outside the restaurant, before being joined by several more. Soon, he estimates there were as many as 20 emergency vehicles on the scene.

"I didn't see much of the incident unfold," he said. "I did see ... I'm not sure if they were alive or not ... but two people get carried [out of the restaurant] on stretchers."

McAulaysaid the two stretchers were loaded into the back of an ambulance, which didn't leave the scene for between 10 and 15 minutes.

"I thought it was a good thing that they weren't really leaving the scene ... I thought that meant they just had some minor injuries, if anything ... but it looks like that wasn't the case, unfortunately."

McAulay also said he saw police lead a man out of the restaurant in handcuffs and into the back of a police cruiser.

On itsFacebookpage, the restaurant announcedWednesday afternoonits Main Street location would be closed until further notice and itsMcDermotAvenue location would only be open until 1:30 a.m. daily.