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2 charged in Dustin McKay death, Winnipeg's first homicide of 2015

Two men are in custody following the Jan. 23 death of 22-year-old Dustin McKay, Winnipeg's first homicide of the year.

Men, 28 and 50, charged after Dustin McKay, 22, was killed on Jan. 23

Dustin McKay, 22, died in hospital after he was reportedly knocked unconscious and hit by a vehicle on Winnipeg's Isabel Street. (Facebook)

Two men are in custody following the Jan. 23 death of 22-year-old Dustin McKay, Winnipeg's first homicide of the year.

According to Winnipeg police, McKay and a 28-year-old man got into a fight on the roadway around Isabel Street and Pacific Avenue about 11:20 p.m. and McKay was knocked unconscious.

He was reportedly left lying in the southbound lanes of Isabel street when the 28-year-old took off with a woman in a vehicle.

Police say a short time later a separate vehicle hit McKay. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition, where he died of his injuries.

A 50-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving causing death. and drive with more than 80 mg of alcohol in blood causing death.

The 28-year-old has been charged with manslaughter, along with fail to comply with probation order and fail to comply.