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The police watchdog — Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — 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.

This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published May 8, 2025.