An incident in Kitimat during a period from May 30-31, has made for the second investigation this week in the Northwest for the British Columbia Independent Investigations Office.
The Details of the Kitimat investigation were released by the IIO this afternoon, with the investigation of the death of a Kitimat resident following his release from Police custody.
Information provided by the RCMP indicates that on May 30, 2020 at approximately 6:40 p.m., officers responded to a report of an intoxicated man near City Centre Mall. The man was lodged in cells following medical assessment from Emergency Health Services (EHS).
While in custody, the man fell a number of times and was transported to hospital by EHS before being released on the morning of May 31.
Later on May 31, while not in police custody, there is information the man again fell while intoxicated and was transported to hospital overnight.
On June 1 the man was found to be suffering serious injuries while in hospital and passed away later that day.
The work ahead for the IIO will be to determine what role, if any, that officer's actions or inaction may have played into the death of the man.
At the same time, the BC Coroner's Service is also conducting its own separate investigation into the death to determine how, where, when and by what means the male came to his death.
In their notification today, the IIO asks that any person who saw, heard or recorded the incident to contact the IIO Witness Line toll free at 1-855-446-8477.
The information update can be reviewed here.
As we noted on Sunday evening, the IIO is currently investigating an incident from last Friday evening in Prince Rupert, which involved a woman who it is alleged off of a nearby drop of 20 feet along the waterfront in the 700 block of 1st Avenue West.
A look at our past files from Northwest Emergency Responders can be found here.
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