Injured Iqaluit shooting suspect remains in hospital
Jerry Issuqangituq, 25, still lies in a medically induced coma
A man injured in a December standoff with the RCMP remains in hospital and unconscious. He is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, use of a firearm and assault with a weapon. (File photo)
An Iqaluit man involved in a Dec. 22 standoff with police remains in an Ottawa hospital and lies in a “medically induced coma,” lawyers said yesterday at Nunavut Justice of the Peace Court.
Nunavut Justice of the Peace Joseph Murdoch-Flowers granted a four-week remand warrant for Jerry Issuqangituq, 25, who has been unable to appear in court following injuries he sustained during a three-hour standoff with police in Iqaluit late last month.
That’s after a shooting incident in Iqaluit’s Happy Valley neighbourhood, which broke out after neighbours reported that a man was brandishing knives.
RCMP allege Issuqangituq opened fire on police, and released a photo that showed the window of a police vehicle spattered with bullet holes.
Issuqangituq is charged with four counts of attempted murder, four counts of discharging a firearm, as well as assault with a weapon.
Because Issuqangituq is unconscious, the police have not yet been able to tell the man that he has the right to consult a lawyer, and his scheduled court appearances have all been delayed.
After speaking with the RCMP, one lawyer said that the man is still in intensive care and police have not been able to inform him of his right to talk to a lawyer, under section 10 of the Charter of Rights.
“He will remain that way for at least another month,” the lawyer said.
Murdoch-Flowers scheduled Issuqangituq to appear in court on Feb. 18.
It’s unclear how Issuqangituq was injured, but the Ottawa Police Service is investigating the incident.
The Ottawa Police Service is contracted by the Government of Nunavut as a non-RCMP external police force to investigate shootings that involve the Nunavut RCMP.
Another man, Darrell Alooloo, is charged in relation to the shooting, with four counts of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, maim or prevent an arrest, and one count of breach of an undertaking.
The standoff came on the heels of another standoff on Dec. 19, when a 34-year-old man held three children hostage for most of the day.
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