By The Canadian Press

Police watchdog to investigate stun gun death in Chilliwack

Feb 25, 2018 | 7:24 AM

CHILLIWACK — British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was hit with a stun gun in Chilliwack.

    The Independent Investigation Office says RCMP officers were responding to a reported parental abduction on Saturday afternoon.

    It says before officers arrived, the man was “confronted by a member of the public” who tried to restrain him.

    The IIO says RCMP report that a stun gun was deployed during an “interaction” with the man, and he went into “medical distress.”

    The agency says emergency medical services were called, but the man did not survive.

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    Investigators have been at the scene obtaining evidence, reviewing available surveillance camera footage, and interviewing both civilian witnesses and police officers.

    (The Canadian Press)<