The Independent Investigations Office is investigating after a man died following an interaction with police Monday morning.
Vancouver Police responded shortly before 8 a.m. Monday after a man was seen acting erratically near East Hastings Street and Dunlevy Avenue.
Following an interaction with police, the man was taken into custody. He then went into medical distress and lost consciousness.
Despite life-saving attempts, the man died at the scene.
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The statement says the woman, who's in her 50s, was sitting on a sidewalk in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood when a man in his 30s approached, poured the liquid on her head and lit it. Const. Tania Visintin says the man fled and the woman ran to a nearby business to get help.
When police arrived, they found a woman with serious injuries who had been struck and pinned by a vehicle. The female pedestrian was transported to hospital and later died of her injuries.