Man dead, IIO investigating after police well-being check in Surrey, RCMP say
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A man is dead after Surrey RCMP officers were called to check on his well-being Friday morning.
A man is dead after Surrey RCMP officers were called to check on his well-being Friday morning.
The office tasked with investigating deaths and serious injuries that occur during police incidents in B.C. has been notified, according to a news release from RCMP.
Police said they were called to a home on 108 Avenue near 132A Street to check on the man, who was reportedly in crisis and "had threatened self-harm with a weapon in a public place."
Officers and a mental health outreach team were dispatched, and encountered the man inside the home.
"He was reportedly in possession of a weapon and shots were fired by police," RCMP said in their news release.
"The man was given first aid and transported by BC Emergency Health Services to a local area hospital where he later died."
Police did not say what kind of weapon the man allegedly had.
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