In a press release, VicPD said officers were called to a parking lot in the 800-block of Fisgard Street just after 5 a.m. on August 13 for a report of a dead man. “Officers attended, along with BC Emergency Health Services paramedics, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene,” VicPD said in the release. Leanne Jones lives across the street and, in an interview with CHEK News, recalled sitting on her balcony and seeing the police arrive on the scene. “They were walking up and down the street and in and out of the building,” Jones said, noting that she eventually saw police put a body into a closed white van. According to police, detectives from the VicPD’s Investigative Services Directorate and officers from the Criminal Identification Services are continuing to investigate. A VicPD spokesman told CHEK News that investigators are working to determine whether the man’s death is being treated as suspicious. “The investigation is in the early stages,” they said. Police add that the BC Coroners Service has also launched its own investigation to determine the events surrounding the death. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call VicPD at 250-995-7654 ext. 1. To make an anonymous report, supporters can contact Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Leanne Jones took this photo from her balcony after a “sudden death” in the 800-block of Fisgard Street Saturday morning.
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