The Winnipeg Police Service has made an arrest in connection with a homicide that occurred in the North End almost two months ago.

Thursday, officers arrested Karl Earl Settee, 31, on a warrant for involuntary manslaughter. Members of the Manitoba Integrated Violent Apprehension Unit were actively searching for Settee before finding him in the area of ​​Higgins Avenue and King Street.

Settee was arrested in connection with the death of Shawn Douglas Thomas, 33, who was found unresponsive in the 800 block of College Avenue on Oct. 18.

Thomas, who was a member of the Peguis First Nation but lived in Winnipeg, was taken to hospital where he later died.

Sofa is in police custody. None of the accusations have been proven in court.