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Wray Musqua’s sister says she didn’t expect her brother to be killed “so violently” as police piece together Saskatoon’s sixth homicide case of the year.
Saskatoon police said officers on patrol received a call around 10:55 p.m. on Friday about an injured person in the 2200 block of 22nd Street in the Mount Royal neighbourhood.
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Officers said they found a 55-year-old man who was unresponsive and was taken to the hospital, where he died the following day.
Bonnie Musqua said police told her that her brother was involved in an altercation where he was stabbed and injured. He then went across the street to the McDonald’s where he collapsed.
“He was stabbed in the heart,” Bonnie said.
The investigation is ongoing and Bonnie said the family doesn’t have the exact details surrounding the killing, but she said she knows how her brother would have reacted during that altercation.
“He would have fought for his life, basically, and that’s what he did.”
Bonnie said Musqua went straight into surgery, was in a coma and on lung support, but ultimately his body started to fail after losing too much blood.
“We were all praying when he took his last breath,” she said. “It was sad, but it was comforting to know that he went in prayer.”
Musqua was ‘larger than life,’ loving father to 15 children
Musqua, from Keeseekoose First Nation, was the second youngest of 11 siblings. Bonnie said he grew up in a traditional lifestyle with loving parents.
“When Wray was growing up, he was always so big, larger than life,” Bonnie said. “He was always so energetic, ever since he was a kid.”
“My dad used to say he could be a lawyer,” she said.
Diane Musqua said her little brother comes from a family of educators, teachers, social workers and a long line of chiefs.
“There were even hopes and dreams that maybe he would come home and be a leader,” she said. “That’s how intelligent he was.”
Musqua’s sisters said he was involved in traditional ceremonies, was protective over his loved ones and was a loving father to 15 children.
Bonnie said when Musqua was 14 he decided he was ready to go out and experience the real world.
“He was extremely smart and that’s probably why he survived out here in Saskatoon.”
Bonnie said her brother was drawn into a street lifestyle at a young age, and while he would return home, it became a struggle at times to keep him there.
His sisters noted he wasn’t always involved in the street lifestyle and said he was a hard worker and laborer, as well as a boxer.
“He’d get up in the morning and he’d go find a job,” Bonnie said.
“The people that he was around sometimes (had a) negative influence with gangs and stuff like that.”
Diane said because of this, her brother had been in and out of the jail system, noting “it’s a different lifestyle where you can’t just break free from it.”
“He was always loved, and we were always there for him,” Diane said. “We knew that this kind of situation or this kind of thing would take him, but it is still so traumatic for us.”
Diane said she hopes and desires that this type of street lifestyle ends with her brother’s story.
“It’s never too late to change your lifestyle, there’s always opportunity for you to change,” Diane said, noting there are resources available for addictions and trauma.
“Life is precious and our people can’t continue to go down and destroy each other,” Diane said.
“We want people to learn that he came from a loved family and we want our people to get healthy.”
So far no charges have been laid in connection to Musqua’s death but Saskatoon Police said the Major Crime Section is investigating and further details would be provided when available.
Saskatoon homicides in 2026
The first homicide investigation of 2026 was a 25-year-old man with stab wounds who died at St Paul’s Hospital on Feb. 3. An 18-year-old man was charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault on Feb. 7. His charges were later downgraded on Feb. 27 to being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter, accessory after the fact to aggravated assault, public mischief and obstruction of justice.
The second homicide case of the year began when a man died after a shooting in the 900 block of 22nd Street West in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood on March 14. A 17-year-old boy was then charged on March 17 with second-degree murder, using a firearm while committing an indictable offence and possessing a firearm while prohibited.
The city’s third homicide investigation of 2026 began after a 61-year-old woman died in a Riversdale house fire in the 400 block of Avenue I South on April 3. No arrests have been made.
The fourth homicide investigation of the year wasn an investigation into the death of a 39-year-old man in hospital after he was found unresponsive on Avenue X South just before 4 a.m. on April 6. Police have made no arrests.
The fifth homicide investigation of the year began as a suspicious death investigation after a person died on Avenue W North on April 15. Police said the victim, who has not been identified publicly, died at the scene despite first aid attempts by paramedics.
Saskatoon had eight homicides in 2025.
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