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Regina Police Service (RPS) said on Tuesday that the investigation into a man’s death on Monday night is now the city’s seventh homicide of 2025.
RPS said in a news release on July 15 that the man killed was 53-year-old Brando Peji and the investigation, assisted by its Major Crimes and Forensic Identification units, is ongoing.
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Police said officers were called to the 3000 block of 4th Avenue in the North Central neighbourhood around 8 p.m. on July 14 and found the victim dead.
No further information was provided.
Anyone who has information is asked to contact the Regina Police Service at 306-777-6500 or Regina Crime Stoppers at reginacrimestoppers.ca or 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Regina murders in 2025
Regina’s first homicide of 2025 was on Feb. 18 when a 46-year-old man was found dead in the 1500 block of 12th Avenue, near Carmichael Outreach. Regina man Dennis Hotomaine, 39, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Christopher Seaton, 42, was the victim in Regina’s second homicide of 2025 after his death in a home the 400 block of East College Avenue on April 10.
James Dubois, a 36-year-old Regina man, has been charged with first-degree murder and a 42-year-old man and and 38-year old woman, both from Regina, have been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder in connection to Seaton’s death.
In the city’s third homicide of the year, 23-year-old William Campbell was killed in the 800 block of Victoria Avenue on On April 24. Four people have been charged in connection with his death.
The city’s fourth homicide happened on May 30 when police found the body of 22-year-old Wahkia Ewalk in Marshall Crescent around 2 a.m. Angus Fox, 32, and Herb Fox, 34, were arrested in Edmonton and charged in connection to the death.
Details of the city’s two other homicides were not available at the time of publication.
There were six homicides in the city in 2024.
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the death was the city’s fifth homicide of 2025.
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