Gangland killings grow | Winnipeg | News | Winnipeg Sun

Gangland killings grow | Winnipeg | News | Winnipeg Sun: "Winnipeg has seen numerous deadly gang-related hits over the past decade and beyond, as well as disputes between gang members that have escalated to murder attempts or murder.
Winnipeg’s most recent homicide victim, Daniel Kachkan, 34, was reported to have been a high-ranking member of the Zig Zag Crew, a support club for the Winnipeg chapter of the Hells Angels gang. He was charged but acquitted in a recent fatal run-in between street gang members.
Many of the gangland fatalities and disappearances remain unsolved.
June 2, 2005: Aaron Hannibal, a 31-year-old drug dealer with the Zig Zag Crew, was found face down in a pool of blood outside an Elmwood 7-Eleven. The killing was believed to be the result of deep-seated animosity between two members of the Zig Zags, the street gang controlled by the local Hells Angels. Daniel Kachkan, 29, was charged with second-degree murder but in September 2007 was acquitted in court.
March 20, 2005: David Tavares, a 40-year-old Stony Mountain Institution inmate with ties to the Native Syndicate street gang, was found assaulted at the prison and pronounced dead a short time later. Four fellow inmates were charged for his death but a mistrial was declared in their trial last spring. Charles Coaster, Evan Myran and Alvin Cote were charged with second-degree murder and Victor Ryle was charged with manslaughter. A new trial is not expected to be set before 2012."