A man is dead following a police-involved shooting at a Site C open house event in Dawson Creek Thursday night.
The Independent Investigations Office confirmed the death to the Alaska Highway News.
RCMP in Dawson Creek were on the scene of what they say was an officer-involved shooting at a hotel restaurant Thursday night.
Police have cordoned off a section outside the the Fixx Urban Grill restaurant at the Stonebridge Hotel along Highway 2.
The restaurant had been scheduled to host a BC Hydro open house on the construction of the controversial $8.8-billion Site C dam project on the Peace River.
Details remain scarce at this time.
Curtis Pratt said he witnessed a commotion in the restaurant around 6:30 p.m. while he was attending the open house. Pratt saw a man flipping tables in the restaurant.
Pratt says the man was escorted outside and said he later saw a body outside the restaurant.
Shortly before 9 p.m., at least four police cruisers and an ambulance remained on scene. Blood could be seen on the pavement outside the restaurant. Kitchen staff were outside at the back of the restaurant.
