Winnipeg police: 5 boys, including nine-year-old, arrested [Video]

Five boys, including a nine-year-old, have been arrested following a break-and-enter and an arson in the West End early Thursday morning.

According to police, officers responded to a store in the 1000 block of Ellice Avenue at around 1 a.m. They said the front window was smashed, and suspects damaged the inside of the store and stole merchandise before running away.

Thirty minutes later, officers received another report of a group of youths setting a fire inside a gazebo behind a property in the 1000 block of Sargent Avenue.

The youths were later arrested in the 500 block of Spence Street.

A 12-year-old boy, a 13-year-old boy, and two 14-year-old boys were arrested and are facing arson and break-and-enter charges. They were released on an undertaking and returned to an adult.

The charges have not been proven in court.

A nine-year-old was also arrested as part of the group. He was referred to the Turnabout Program, which aims …