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Police Watchdog Probes Officer-Involved Death Of Man In B.C.'s Fraser Valley

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Sep, 2015 01:06 PM
  • Police Watchdog Probes Officer-Involved Death Of Man In B.C.'s Fraser Valley
AGASSIZ, B.C. — RCMP say British Columbia's police watchdog has been called to investigate the death of a man who apparently injured himself with a knife.
 
Sgt. Annie Linteau says Mounties responded to a complaint about a man holding a sharp object near his stomach in Agassiz, located about 125 kilometres east of Vancouver. 
 
She says the man appeared to be in distress when officers arrived at about 6 a.m. Wednesday, and he was eventually subdued and taken into custody.
 
Linteau says the man died in an ambulance because of his apparent self-inflicted injuries.
 
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
 
The Independent Investigations Office investigates cases of death or serious injuries involving police.

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