Police have identified a&nbsp;Winnipeg man who died after he was found with serious injuries following a shooting at an apartment on Furby Street.

Daniel Michael George Cook, 29, was found after officers responded to a report of gunshots heard in an apartment on Furby Street, just south of&nbsp;Sargent Avenue, shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a previous news release.

Man dead after early morning shooting on Furby Street: Winnipeg police

A man is dead after Winnipeg police found him injured in a West End apartment early Saturday.

A police car is parked in front of an three-storey brown brick apartment block.

Police are seen outside of an apartment on Furby Street in Winnipeg on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, after a man was found there shortly before 2 a.m. with serious injuries. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

583 Furby Street homicide

Police are seen outside of an apartment on Furby Street in Winnipeg late Saturday morning, after a man was found there shortly before 2 a.m. with serious injuries. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

He was taken to hospital&nbsp;where he was pronounced dead. Police continue to investigate his death as a homicide.

Anyone with information involving Cook's death is asked to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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