Teulon RCMP responded to a report of a 20-year-old woman shot in a vehicle, on November 17th at approximately 11:40pm in the area of Provincial Road 231 in the RM of Armstrong.

Police said the investigation has led them to believe that an altercation had broken out at a bar in Fraserwood earlier that evening. A man who had been at the bar left and parked approximately 2 miles away from Fraserwood on  Kuz Road. Three cars belonging to patrons from the bar passed the suspect and opened fire.

A 20-year-old woman who was in another vehicle was struck and died of her injuries in hospital.

Police initially charged another man, Jesse Paluk, in the murder, but the charge was dropped and investigators later charged Comber. William Ryerson Comber, 20, from the RM of East St. Paul, was arrested on Aug. 8th 2019 and charged with second-degree murder.

Update: In December 2022 a jury convicted William Comber of second-degree murder in the death of Hailey Dugay, 20.

On October 27th 2023 A Manitoba judge sentenced Comber to life with no parole for 12 years for shooting at a moving vehicle, a lifetime weapons prohibition and ordered Comber to provide DNA.

Update September 3rd 2026:

William Ryerson Thomas Comber was initially found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury and received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 12 years. However, the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned the murder conviction in March, ruling that the evidence did not support the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt.

The appeal court noted that it was unclear whether Comber intended to shoot someone inside the vehicle or was aiming at the vehicle’s taillight. In a decision released Monday August 31st, Manitoba’s highest court determined that a 12-year sentence was appropriate for the manslaughter conviction. Comber has already spent time in custody, and after receiving credit for time served, he has just under five years remaining on his sentence.