Crown seeks maximum sentence for man who killed 5 in Winnipeg

35-year-old Jamie Felix sat in the prisoner's box in a gray sweatshirt and pants in a courtroom filled with family and friends of the victims. A jury found Felix guilty in March of five counts of second-degree murder. It happened in November 2023 at a Langside Street rooming house described in court as a drug house. Court heard nine rounds were fired in eight seconds at five people. Dylan Lavallee, Malik Lissari-Lesikel, sisters Crystal and Stephanie Beardy were killed. Sean Marco survived 18 months before he died. Crown attorney Chantelle Boutin told court Felix should serve his automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 25 years. She argued the five violent and intentional killings placed this case at the highest end of second-degree murder cases. Boutin told court the jury accepted evidence from the Crown But despite consuming drugs and alcohol, Felix made a conscious decision to carry a gun into the suite, open fire, and then run away. The victim's family shared in court how the crime has impacted them. Several family and friends of Malik Lissari-Lesikel remembered the loss of someone who mattered to them deeply. His friends and family in Kenya had the Crown read their victim impact statements for them. Beverly Beardy says the deaths of her daughters, 34-year-old Crystal and 33-year-old Stephanie, put a hole in her heart. Dylan Lavallee's mother, Kelly, wrote that she couldn't imagine what drove Felix to shoot and kill five people. Sean Marko's sister, Melissa, and his cousin, Crystal, each spoke about how difficult it was watching Sean suffer in hospital after the shooting before he died. Boutin told court there are two sides to Jamie Felix, the polite, happy-go-lucky side friends and family know, and the side capable of committing extreme violence, which she argued is what the public needs to be protected from. Felix's lawyers are scheduled to make arguments on Thursday. Josh Crabb, CBC News, Winnipeg.