Sunday slaying victim identified as Nunavut man

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Homicide detectives have identified the city’s latest slaying victim as a man from Nunavut.

Winnipeg Police Service officers were called to the area of Portage Avenue and Arlington Street about an injured man at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday, where they found the victim on the ground.

Police gave him chest compressions and applied a chest seal, but he was pronounced dead in hospital.

Police said Monday the victim was Jack Jacques Kabluitok, 46, of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. He was staying in Winnipeg, police said. His killing marks the 14th homicide in Winnipeg this year, though police include the 2023 deaths of two infants in their internal statistics as arrests were made in 2024.

Late Sunday morning, police crime scene tape blocked the lane behind the north side of Portage Avenue, where blood spatter was marked with chalk on the lane.

Police have asked anyone with information on Kabluitok’s killing, including possible video, to call detectives at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.