Bodycam footage relinquished in fatal police shooting in Nunavik
The Nunavik Police Service in Quebec's Far North says officers involved in a fatal shooting on Tuesday night were wearing body cameras.
Quebec's police oversight agency, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, announced Wednesday it was investigating the shooting in Kangiqsualujjuaq, on Ungava Bay, and the police service confirmed bodycam video had been shared with the agency.
The BEI says members of the Nunavik Police Service had planned to arrest someone who was inside a tent in the Inuit village on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay.
In a statement released late Wednesday, the police force said officers had a warrant for the man, but they said he resisted when they tried to arrest him.
The police force says officers used pepper spray on the man, who they say emerged from the tent with a knife.
An officer tried to subdue the man with a stun gun, but as the incident evolved, an officer opened fire and the victim was later declared dead at a regional health centre.
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