Prince George RCMP has notified B.C.'s police watchdog of an in-custody death.
The Independent Investigations Office said it is investigating after the detachment reported that a person who had been taken into cells on Friday night was found in distress early the next morning.
Paramedics were called to the scene and the person taken to hospital but a bit more than two hours later, the hospital staff informed the RCMP that the person had died.
"The IIO will be investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident," the agency said in a statement posted on its website.
The IIO investigates all police-related incidents of serious harm or death, whether or not there is any allegation of wrongdoing.
