Man Dies During Arrest by Delta, BC, Police (May 30, 2020)

A man has died while being arrested by Delta Police (Metro Vancouver) on Friday, May 30, 2020. Publicly released details are very limited at this point. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), the agency that examines cases of police harm to civilians in British Columbia, is investigating. They report that the man was pursued by police for allegedly stealing a taxi at the ferry terminal. No one was in the taxi at the time.

According to the IIO, the man “was taken into custody. During the course of his arrest, the man suffered serious injuries.” The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.