US EditionQuebec police watchdog investigating officer-involved fatal shooting in Far North
- Quebec's independent police oversight agency is looking into a deadly shooting that took place on Tuesday night in the northern region of the province involving a police officer.
- The situation started when officers from the Nunavik Police Service tried to detain an individual located within a tent in Kangiqsualujjuaq, a community inhabited by Inuit people along the eastern coast of Ungava Bay.
- Officers attempted to communicate with the individual inside the tent and deployed pepper spray to encourage them to exit; the person then allegedly emerged wielding a sharp-edged weapon and advanced toward the police.
- An officer deployed a stun gun in an attempt to control the individual, while another officer discharged their weapon, leading to the individual’s death later confirmed at the hospital; their identity remains undisclosed.
- The investigation assigned five investigators to the case, and the report was first published by The Canadian Press on May 7, 2025.
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Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a fatal shooting involving an officer in the province’s Far North. The watchdog – Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes – says members of the Nunavik Police Service on Tuesday night wanted to arrest someone who was inside a tent in Kangiqsualujjuaq, an Inuit village on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay. Police tried to speak with the person and used pepper spray to get them out of the tent. The watchdog says t…
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