Family seeks justice after man, 35, fatally shot in Winnipeg’s North End

Family members of a man fatally shot in the North End want justice. Anthony James Sinclair, 35, was killed last Thursday evening while making a trip to the store on his bike.

Family members of a man fatally shot in the North End want justice.

Anthony James Sinclair, 35, was killed last Thursday evening while making a trip to the store on his bike.

A makeshift memorial has since been set up around a tree near the intersection of Stella Ave. and McGregor St. That’s where Winnipeg police said Sinclair, a father of six, was fatally shot around 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 9.

“It’s so hard because Anthony’s the only son I had, ever since he was three years old,” said Bernadette Thomas, Sinclair’s aunt, who help raised him and thinks of Sinclair as her son.

Thomas said her daughter told her last Friday morning about what happened.

“‘Mom,’ she said. ‘Tony’s gone.’ I said, ‘What do you mean gone?’ She said, ‘He got shot,’” Thomas said. “I was so stunned I couldn’t even say anything.”

Police said members of the homicide unit continue to investigate. So far, no arrests have been announced, but investigators believe the shooting may be random.