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Hollow Water Stabbing Suspect Who Killed Sister Was Out on Bail, Records Show

Hospitals report several victims recovering following the attack.

Hollow Water First Nation Chief Larry Barker speaks during a news conference at the RCMP Headquarters in Winnipeg on Thursday Sept. 4, 2025. (Brittany Hobson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Several people have been taken to hospital after a stabbing on Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba left a victim and suspect dead. Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail
Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicles patrol James Smith Cree Nation reserve in Canada on September 6, 2022, following a possible sighting of the second person of interest in the stabbings that occurred at the James Smith Cree Nation Indigenous community and the town of Weldon. - One of two brothers who were the target of a massive manhunt in Canada after allegedly carrying out a stabbing spree that left 10 dead and 18 wounded has been found dead, police said on September 5, 2022. The killings in the remote James Smith Cree Nation Indigenous community and the town of Weldon in Saskatchewan province in western Canada are among the deadliest incidents of mass violence to ever hit the nation. (Photo by LARS HAGBERG / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • RCMP identified the suspect as 26-year-old Tyrone Simard, who died after crashing a stolen vehicle into a responding cruiser, and confirmed the woman killed was his 18-year-old sister.
  • Police said multiple victims with stab wounds were found in two homes in the Hollow Water First Nation, prompting a temporary code orange at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre.
  • Shared Health said at least eight people were transported to hospital; by Friday four patients remained at HSC, two had undergone operations and were stable, and three had been discharged.
  • Court records verified by The Globe and Mail show Simard had prior convictions and was released on bail June 12 with conditions, with new hearings scheduled on assault-with-a-weapon and sexual-assault-related charges.
  • RCMP said the suspect knew all of the victims, the injured officer is expected to recover, there is no ongoing risk to public safety, and major-crimes investigators remain in the community.