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46-year-old from Nunavut was homicide victim: Winnipeg police

The Winnipeg Police Service has identified Jack Jacques Kabluitok, 46, from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, as a homicide victim.

Winnipeg police say the man from Rankin Inlet was living in Winnipeg

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Police have identified the victim of a homicide as Jack Jacques Kabluitok, 46, from Rankin Inlet Nunavut. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

The Winnipeg Police Service has identified Jack Jacques Kabluitok, 46, from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, as a homicide victim.

Officers received a report of an injured man on Portage Avenue and Arlington Street at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, police said in a Sunday news release.

Police found the man on the ground and gave him emergency medical care by applying a chest seal and administering compressions, police said in a Monday news release.

A police car and a police officer at an intersection.
Winnipeg police were called to the scene at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday, a spokesperson said. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

The man was transported to a hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead. Police said the man was currently living in Winnipeg.

Anyone with information on the man's death is asked to call investigators at 204-986-6508, anonymously at crime stoppers 204-786-TIPS or submit a tip online.