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Saskatoon’s police chief says as the city grows the number of recorded homicides could increase.

The death of 49-year-old Tun Win on Sept. 13 from injuries sustained in an assault at a home on July 29 is Saskatoon’s 12th homicide of 2019.

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To date, police have made arrests in nine of those cases, Police Chief Troy Cooper said on Thursday.

Less than half are gang-related and less than half involved guns, he added.

“We have environments where there’s more likely to (be) violent crime occurring and it’s those environments that are contributing to some of these homicides, as well,” Cooper said.

Earlier Thursday, a man charged with manslaughter in connection with Win’s death made his first court appearance.

Corey Gordon Kittiekaywinnie, 31, is set to return to Saskatoon provincial court on Oct. 2.

Kittiekaywinnie was previously charged with aggravated assault after Win suffered life-threatening injuries when he was assaulted at a home in the 600 block of 28th Street West on July 29.