An arrest has been made in the murder of 36-year-old Jessie Catterson.

Members of the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) Homicide Unit have arrested Donald Parisien, 36, for the murder of Jessie Robert David Catterson.

Parisien has been remanded into custody and charged with Second Degree Murder.

On May 21, emergency personnel responded to reports of an injured male located in the 500 block of Floral Avenue. He was found suffering from a stab wound when police arrived, and was pronounced deceased at the hospital following transport in critical condition.

Catterson was the 16th homicide victim of 2019. To date, there have been 24 homicides this year, an amount equal to the total amount of homicides in 2017 according to Statistics Canada.