Nunavut man shot by Winnipeg police was in ‘really sad’ situation, judge said days before his death [Video]

Warning: This story includes details about a suicide attempt and violence.

A man shot and killed by Winnipeg police earlier this week was from Nunavut and is being remembered as a proud Inuk who craved connection and needed help to overcome his violent past.

Jordan Charlie, 24, was released from custody in Manitoba on Nov. 19 after he pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and three other related charges for incidents that happened this year, court recordings reviewed by CBC News reveal.

The Inuk man from Taloyoak, Nunavut, was brought to Manitoba to serve time at the Stony Mountain Institution north of Winnipeg, court heard, after he was sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison in September 2019 for two unprovoked attacks that took place in Yellowknife earlier that year.

Charlie’s mother confirmed to CBC News that he was the person fatally shot by police at a bus shelterin the parking lot of Winnipeg’s Unicity Shopping …