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RCMP investigating 'suspicious death' in downtown Prince George

Prince George RCMP says itsSerious Crimes Unit is investigating a "suspicious death" near the city's downtown Conference and Civic Centre.

Police block off area beside Civic Centre after death reported early Thursday

RCMP officers blocked off a pedestrian walkway beside the Prince George Civic Centre early Thursday after what police call a suspicious death. (Betsy Trumpener/CBC News )

UPDATE, Dec. 8, 2022: Police say the death is no longer considered suspicious and the investigation is closed. A cause of death has not been released.


Prince George RCMP says itsSerious Crimes Unit is investigating a "suspicious death" nearthe city's downtown Conference and Civic Centre.

Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said police received a call shortly after 6 a.m. PT Thursday about a person who haddied at Canada Games Way.

B.C. Emergency Health Services saidthree ambulances were dispatched to the scene but no one was taken to hospital.

On Thursday morning, two RCMP cruisers were blocking off a pedestrian walkway between the Civic Centre and a parking lot for the Canfor Leisure Pool.

Nearby, yellow school buses were pulling up to bring children to a popular Christmas celebration, the Festival of Trees,inside the Civic Centre.

Two RCMP officers stand outside the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, where students were arriving for the Festival of Trees Christmas celebration. (Betsy Trumpener/CBC )

It's the third death in downtown Prince George in less than three weeks that's being investigated, all of them occurring in a six-block radius.

On Nov.14, a man was fatally shot atConnaughtHill.On Nov.26, RCMPsaid a man died in afire in a motel room at the North Star Inn.

There is no indication thedeaths are related.

Cooper says aForensic Identification Unitis helping with the investigationand the B.C. Coroners Service is also investigating.