British Columbia

Police investigating suspicious death on B.C.'s Salt Spring Island

RCMP say officers responded to reports of a fight early Friday morning and found two men performing CPR on an unresponsive man.

IIO BC has been notified and are also investigating

Salt Spring Island is the largest of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. (Google Maps)

Police are investigating the death of a man on Salt Spring Island, B.C.

RCMP say officers responded to reports of a fight early Friday morning on Richard Flack Road and found two men performing CPR on an unresponsive man.

Salt Spring Island RCMP continued CPR on the 36-year-old man. He was then taken to hospital, where he died.

Police say the incident appears to be isolated and no charges have been laid.

The Independent Investigations Office has also opened a probe into the death and are "investigating if the actions or inactions of police are connected to the male's death," say RCMP.

The police watchdog investigates all police-involved deaths and serious injuries.