THOMPSON – RCMP in Thompson have made an arrest after discovering the body of a 22-year-old man who had been beaten.

Police said on August 30th around 6:30AM they were dispatched to a vacant building on the corner of Public Lane and Cree Road in Thompson. When officers arrived they found a 22-year-old man from Split Lake First Nation not breathing with signs of trauma. EMS arrived and confirmed the man was dead.

RCMP arrested Bryan Roulette, a 24-year-old man from Split Lake First Nation, and charged him with Assault Causing Bodily Harm.

Mounties did say the victim and Roulette were known to each other.