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RCMP close downtown Whitehorse street to investigate suspicious death

Police are investigating a suspicious death in front of the Chilkoot Inn in downtown Whitehorse. Parts of Ogilvie St. and 4th Ave. were closed Thursday morning, and reopened shortly afterwards.

'The area is closed to the public at Ogilvie St. and 4th Ave,' police say

Three police investigators behind police tape and a pickup truck near a building.
Police investigators are visible at the scene of what the RCMP say is a suspicious death in Whitehorse Thursday. (Chris Windeyer/CBC)

Police are investigating a suspicious death in front of the Chilkoot Inn in downtown Whitehorse.

"The area is closed to the public at Ogilvie St. and 4th Ave," reads a news release from Yukon RCMP Thursday morning.

Several police vehicles were seen in the area around 9 a.m. Investigators were examining the side of a building at the corner of 4th and Ogilvie. Evidence markers were visible in the parking lot and adjacent parking lot.

Police said there was no immediate danger to the public.

The area was reopened shortly afterwards, withfew other detailsreleased by RCMP.

With files from Chris Windeyer