US EditionRegional authority announces review of Nunavik police after third fatal shooting
NUNAVIK REGION, QUEBEC, JUL 21 – The third fatal Nunavik Police Service shooting since November 2024 follows a response to a possible kidnapping where the suspect allegedly threatened officers with a weapon.
- On July 22, 2025, the Kativik Regional Government in northern Quebec launched a review of the Nunavik Police Service after its third fatal police-involved shooting in eight months.
- In Inukjuak, the BEI says officers responded to a possible kidnapping call at about 8:20 p.m., according to the BEI.
- According to the BEI news release, the person allegedly approached officers with a knife, then officers shot and the individual later died in hospital.
- The KRG said it will consult local leaders and end its rotational police management system, and is overseeing an audit of practices to ensure community safety.
- Calling three deadly incidents since November 2024 `three too many`, the KRG extended condolences to the victim's family and is coordinating grief and trauma counselling with local authorities.
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