St. Matthews homicide victim ID'd as Matthew Allan Sutherland

UPDATE:Michael Alexander Spence pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in October 2022, after admitting that while he didn't kill Matthew Allan Sutherland, he did try to clean up the crime scene in his home afterward.

Matthew Allan Sutherland has been identified by Winnipeg police as the man found critically hurt outside a homein the city's West End on Thursday morning.

The 28-year-oldwas rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Michael Alexander Spence, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder.

The two men knew each other, said police, who believe they wereinside the houseon St. Matthews Avenue, west of Arlington Street, whenSutherland was stabbed.

He then went outside, where he collapsed.

Police were called shortly before 10 a.m. and found Sutherland outside the house.

His death is the city's 37th homicide of the year.