The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating after a man was found dead Sunday (March 24) afternoon in a home in South Surrey’s Morgan Creek neighbourhood.
According to a news release, police were called to a home near 159a Street and 37 Avenue in connection with a domestic dispute.
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Units from both the RCMP and Surrey Police Service, as well as the Emergency Response Team, attended, and one man was found deceased inside the residence, “of what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries,” the release states.
The IIO was notified shortly after the death, and initial investigative steps will seek to determine what role, if any, police actions or inactions may have played in it.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators is asked to call