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    Ricky Nelson Wareham charged with manslaughter in shooting death at Little Burnt Bay

    Tuesday, 4 June 2024 13:46

    By Tonya Organ

    Police were informed of the shooting around 9:15 p.m. Sunday night at a home on Maple Street.

    Fifty-seven-year-old Ricky Nelson Wareham has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a 36 year old man in Little Burnt Bay. RCMP Corporal Jolene Garland says he was arrested Sunday and has been in custody since. Police were informed of the shooting around 9:15 p.m. Sunday night at a home on Maple Street. RCMP Major Crimes Unit and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are involved in the investigation. Garland says the deceased and the arrested individual were known to one another and were related.

     

     

     

     

     

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