Man dead in Clyde River after confronting officers with firearm: RCMP
Police were responding to reports of shots fired from residence in community
A man died Thursday night in Clyde River after confronting police officers while carrying a firearm, Nunavut RCMP say in a news release. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
A man is dead in Clyde River in an apparent shooting by police in the community overnight.
RCMP issued a news release Friday morning saying the incident occurred after police responded to a report of multiple gunshots being fired from a residence Thursday night.
Police issued a shelter-in-place alert shortly after receiving the report.
“When police arrived on scene, they were confronted by an adult male with a firearm,” said RCMP spokesperson Sgt. George Henrie in the release.
“As a result of a confrontation with the adult male, shots were fired. The male is now confirmed to be deceased.”
The RCMP release did not identify the man who was killed, or say how many officers initially responded to the incident.
Henrie said Nunavut RCMP have sent additional resources to Clyde River, which has a population of about 1,200, to “ensure all evidence is being secured.”
“The community seems to be doing OK at this time,” said a member of the hamlet staff, who declined to be identified, when reached by phone mid-morning Friday.
An external police agency is being selected to lead the investigation, Henrie said in the release.
This isn’t the first incident of this kind to happen in Clyde River. An officer shot and killed Abraham Natanine, 31, on May, 5, 2020. Ottawa police investigated and concluded in April 2021 there were no grounds for charges.
Abraham Natanine’s brother, Norman Natanine, was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2023, for shooting into the home of an RCMP officer on Dec. 17, 2020. Nobody was injured in the incident, but Justice Susan Cooper remarked during sentencing that the officer’s wife and six children were home at the time.
Norman Natanine was sentenced to five and a half years in jail and was given credit for time served. At the time of sentencing, he had a year and a half left to serve.
What a stupid way to go -angry and a threat to those around you. Such a mindless loss that happens too often.
Our very first call for situation in or community for help in emergency….and than next thing person dead by police…pepper spray / electicical shot / r.c.m.p self defense techniques…don’t need gun/Machine army riffle….
Well, when you start shooting randomly then aim a gun at police, they’re going to defend themselves with equal or greater force. It’s a sad situation but the police did what they had to do.
The cop could have shot him in the leg.
The police did just that in Clyde river several years ago – they shot a man in the leg rather than somewhere lethal and ended the situation but not his life. Fast forward almost 20 years and the man they gave a second chance to by not using lethal force has become a person who has helped those with addictions and mental health issues in the community. Makes you wonder what any of the Inuit who were killed by police in the last few years could’ve done with their lives after such an event
Shooting in the leg is a risky idea. Higher chance of missing and hitting a target you don’t want to hit. It also will not stop a guy from shooting you from the ground with an incapacitated leg.
I don’t think cops are trained to do that. People! Angry angry anagajaqtiks should not have a gun handy and just go scare people away! Scary scary world!! What do men think if they go parading with a gun to scare people and to aim it at cops trying to make our community safe?? Enough is enough! Our people need mental help in a way that’s effective!! We need to stop hurting each other and help each other! The cops are not our enemies
There is always someone who thinks they can do a better jon than the RCMP. Lesson one; pepper spray and lasers do not stop bullets fired by anyone.
Just be thankful no one else was injured by the shooter.
If you are suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction or have shitty thoughts, anger issues, mental health issues go seek help for yourself. You are just torturing yourself staying home or visiting the same friends repeating the same thing day in and day out
Go see a nurse, go see a local counsellor, go visit an elder and ask for advice to learn to cope with your issues. Become the change in your life. Your are worth it.
Nunavik is same. Number of police shootings in past months. Mental illness turned violent with booze drugs guns just available. Police have no choice but to make drastic decisions no body likes i can remember tge days where the same typtof people drunk with guns would terrorize tge community over and over without consequences. No more will that be tolerated