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Street closed in downtown Fort St. John as police investigate homicide
An area of downtown Fort St. John, B.C., will be closed "for a significant amount of time" after a person was found dead there on Tuesday night, police say.
Fort St. John RCMP say they responded to a report of an assault in the 9900-block of 99 Avenue at around 6:42 p.m. Tuesday.
Officers found one person unresponsive who, despite life-saving measures, was pronounced dead.
Police say the Fort St. John RCMP Serious Crime Unit has assumed conducted of the investigation, with support from the North District Major Crime Unit. They say they are treating the case as a homicide.
"The area surrounding the scene will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time while police work to gather evidence," Mounties said in a statement Wednesday.
