Unhoused man behind assault case against Montreal cop dies before trial – Montreal Gazette
Nov 14, 2024
Johnny Inukpak Tukalak, 35, died of a presumed overdose. The case against a cop charged with assaulting him will proceed.
Quebec’s Crown prosecutor’s office says it is proceeding with a case against a Montreal police officer charged with assaulting an unhoused Indigenous man, despite the complainant having recently died.
Johnny Inukpak Tukalak, 35, was one of two people found unresponsive on a St-Laurent Blvd. corner in early November. Both are presumed to have died of an overdose, part of a recent wave of overdoses in the city, homeless advocates say. A coroner is investigating their deaths.
