A man shot dead in Winnipeg's Dufferin neighborhood

Winnipeg police opened an investigation into a homicide after a man was shot in the early hours of Wednesday morning

Emergency services staff responded at approximately 1:40 am the Flora Avenue area and McKenzie Street. The sound of a gunshot, said police at a press conference Thursday morning.

When they arrived, the police found a wounded adult man in the street.

The victim, Kenneth Wood, age 35, was hospitalized in critical condition

Several police cars were outside a house in the area on Thursday morning

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Police ask for details of Wood's whereabouts and who he was with prior to the shooting to help determine a motive. ( Kelly Malone / CBC)

Unknown motive

Police are looking for details of where Wood was and who he was before the shooting.

Const Tammy Skrabek said to reporters on Thursday morning that the police have no details on his background.

"And that's what officers rec hurry … details about that person, that it's just a person who walks down the street at the local store, or someone who was involved in the drug culture. "he said.

Without this information, Skrabek said that she could not comment on the motive for the shooting or whether people living in the area should be concerned.

"Whenever we have a shootout, there is definitely a problem, the motive for that, I do not know if it was targeted or if it was random," she said.

Anyone with information that can help agents is asked to call 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.