Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Swim in Ftp re their heels to boost basketball c1 Happy birthday sure its a dry cold what else do you know about Manitoba 13 64 pages Winnipeg free press 50 Shotgun blast kills boy gang members in hiding after fleeing scene of death May 1994 by David Kuxhaus staff reporter a 15yearold boy died of a Shotgun wound to the head yesterday afternoon and two identified by a witness As in Dian posse gang were seen running from the a relative said the dead Vernon was also a posse member and May have been in debt to fellow gang members for drugs he had an Anonymous identifying himself As a posse told the free press the boy shot himself accidentally while cleaning the an eyewitness who was sitting outside her apartment just across the courtyard from the Sanderson residence said she heard two gun shots just after Home alone after that 1 seen two Guys about 17 or 18 running from the she said she recognized them As members of the Indian she said it looked like one was try ing to hide a gun in his they just took off around the Cor Ner of the House and headed i dont think they even saw the witness said Vernon was Home alone at the time of the shoot ing and that his parents had gone out she said when they re police were already on the site and quickly whisked them right now were just looking for some people to give us some an Swers and that about All 1 can said duty Fred he was trying to clean a gun and it just went said the youth who called the free in hiding he said two other gang members who were with Sanderson at the time panicked and ran out of the right now there in hiding be cause they dont think the cops will believe he said the gun was not three doors Down from the shoot ing Sander sons 14yearold Amanda was slumped against the Wall along the front stairs of her stepsisters apart i cant believe this has he want the kind of kid that looked for she whispered As she stared at the but he was a drug dealer and i think he owed some of the other in Dian posse Guys she said Vernon was even scared to go to school because there were Ken of Olcott Winnipeg free press police Lead family members away from the apartment where yesterdays shooting took Guys after he always had three Guys pick him up and drive him its a sad i just cant believe said Gerald a Community Liaison worker at the Indian and me tis Friendship Centre where Sander son was supposed to Hook up with his chums last he was a Good always laughing and joking and he loved hockey in the Winter and baseball in the just across the Street from the the yellow police ribbon encircled the Lowental unit at 3177 Charles walk where Sand Erson Rose who lives just across the Street from the said two weeks ago police were at the Sanderson Home and talking to a couple of teenagers one cop was looking around in the front Yard and he found some thing which to me looked like a gun by those two she Point ing to the front Corner of the Sander son one area resident said the com plex has become a Haven for Indian posse gang members after the Sun goes quote of the Day we have joined the third Robin Richardson of the Fraser Institute says Canadas debt problems rank with some of the worlds poorest detaube on Page a3 the weather today mainly High Low tomorrow Cloudy with a 40 Chance of showers Tien sunny in the High Tun it Lake 1 tots Moon Laoo Sato details on Page 013 inside Ann crossword editorials Horoscope in births Money movies sports record books lotto Bonus therell be Flowers at his the Little one with no name u by Treena Khan and Don Langford nidentif1ed baby male will be the words marking the grave of the mystery child found in a Field South of the with no known age or will be buried monday after a funeral arranged by the provincial you certainly dont like to see that Type of thing especially when its a Little said Cliff general manager of Thompson funeral the White baby boy was believed to be less than one week old an autopsy yesterday failed to determine the cause of the said Peter the provincial medical More tests will be Lanse sub inspector of Anatomy for the is in charge of making the funeral arrangements for the she says it int there Are things such As How to do an ill have to think about that Guay baby x will be Given a nondenominational service at the Thompson Chapel monday and will Likely be buried at the Brookside cemetery on notre Dame a Cit owned sometimes people whether they know the person or and sometimes nobody there but the funeral Home Binnie Thompson will donate the the service and the Guay said she will apply to the cites social services department and the provincial income Security department for Money to cover other such As a grave a memorial Book will also be kept after the funeral should any relatives of the baby be Guay is still trying to find the baby Mother and other so Are Winnipeg police found the baby wrapped in a Blanket in a wooded area near the intersection of Loudon Road and Finklestein the baby was still covered in the White waxy substance that Coats the umbilical Cord was but not said Gold eyes buoyed by Panama vow private Cash Katz talks new Field by Randy Turner sports writer if Sam Katz builds will they come the Winnipeg Gold eyes Northern league team has yet to play a single game at Winnipeg but team owner Katz confirmed yesterday he is already considering building a new Home for the double a women Eye 01 a lot of it will depend on How the Winnipeg Gold eyes Katz if the attendance is theres no question that Well be looking towards building a new the fledgling team has already sold tickets and season its opening game june 7 against the Duluth Katz envisions a cosy Ball Park with natural grass and proper Field which could accommodate Between and the Cost would be estimated at Between which would be privately Katz katzes dream of a new Home for the Gold eyes could fast become a reality if Winnipeg secures the 1999 Panama which includes a proposal for a million baseball the site of the 1999 games will be announced in late july or Early private investment Katz said he would consider combining private investment with Panama construction funds to build a new facility that the Gold eyes could share with Winnipeg minor and senior league Don co chairman of Winnipeg Panama games bid said Katz could ensure a Lon term paying tenant for the Katz would have to negotiate with the Manitoba baseball which would own the proposed Park after the abused wife slams the military by Ruth Teichroeb social affairs reporter Shell never forget the pain and humiliation of being kicked in the ribs by her Hus band As he forced her to sponge up food hed tossed on the or the stomach churning fear that gripped her As he warned it was the last night of her desperate for Teresa James escaped with her daughter from their Home at cab Shilo near bran Don and sought assistance from the military after the police escorted her Drunken husband to the mess to so Ber they warned her to work things out because there was no where else to that was the first and last time James turned to military police for nowhere to run a2 despite suffering repeated abuse Over the next More than four years who now lives in new is demanding an apology for How she was treated and has launched a Ime ionian Campaign to help other battered military death threats she returned to Manitoba to at tend today sentencing of her sex warrant officer Robert in Lague was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm and uttering death threats during incidents Between March 1989 and april 1990 who plans to meet an offi Cial from defence minister David Collenette office later this said she Doest believe much has changed for abused military wives since she left recent statistics obtained by the free press from Shilo military police show Only two reports of spousal abuse since january about people live at the Karen director of the Owca Westman women said Shes seen a steady increase in requests for service Over the last two years from women on the base but she said Many abused women do not complain to the threat of career implications for their husbands is always Lewthwaite capt Warren a spokes Man for cab said the military has a Zero tolerance policy on spousal feet press James returned to Manitoba for her a husbands ;