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Accused RCMP shooter Donovan Iyerak appears in court by video

The man charged in Saturday's RCMP shooting incident in Igloolik, Nunavut, appeared in Iqaluit court by video Tuesday morning.

Igloolik man in custody at Baffin Correctional Centre

The man charged in Saturday's RCMP shooting incident in Igloolik, Nunavut, appeared in Iqaluit courtby video Tuesdaymorning.

Donovan Iyerak, 27, is charged with four counts of attempted murder and reckless discharge of a firearm.

Iyerak is at the Baffin Correctional Centre in Iqaluit.

On Saturday, a man with a shotgundrove a snowmobile around Igloolik and fired shots at the RCMP detachmentand at police vehicles.

A police officer was shot and wounded and is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.

Members of Winnipeg's Major Crimes Unit are stillin Igloolik.

A Crown prosecutor told the courtthe investigation is complicatedsince the RCMP's own detachment building in Igloolik is a crime scene.

RCMP have been working out of the community's hamlet office.

The case is scheduled to be in court again on Nov.4.