WINNIPEG — A Crown prosecutor wants a man who shot and killed five people in a Winnipeg rooming house to serve 25 years before he can apply for parole. Chantal Boutin told a sentencing hearing that Jamie Felix should receive the maximum ineligibility period because of public safety. A jury convicted Felix in March on five counts of second-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence and no parole for at least 10 years. The shooting happened in 2023 at a West Broadway building that court heard was a known drug den. The Crown argued at trial that Felix was driven by paranoia after spending days drinking and smoking crack cocaine at the building. Boutin says Felix had periods of stability in his life but that repeated drug and alcohol addiction relapses led him to violent outbursts. Court heard his father and brother were associated with a gang that operated the drug den but that Felix had no gang ties himself. His former girlfriend testified that Felix confessed to the killings and to trying to shoot himself with the same gun after, but there were no bullets left. The victims were identified as Crystal Beardy, 34; her sister Stephanie Beardy, 33; Melelek Lesikel, 29; Dylan Lavallee, 41; and Shawn Marko, 56. The sentencing hearing is expected to take two days, with some of the victims’ families providing impact statements. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 10, 2026. Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press
