EEYOU ISTCHEE JAMES BAY — A 19-year-old died Sunday night during an intervention with Chisasibi First Nations police in a Cree community in northern Quebec.
Police responded to a call around 9:45 p.m. that claimed a person was outside a home with a gun. Police attempted to negotiate with the man.
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes has called on the Sûreté du Québec to investigate. Investigators were expected to arrive mid-afternoon Monday. Chisasibi is a village on James Bay, about 1,400 kilometres north of Montreal.
