Man dead following Winnipeg police response to 'domestic-related' incident
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Winnipeg police have handed over an investigation to Manitoba's police watchdog after a man died in hospital a day after officers restrained him while responding to a domestic call in the city's Crestview neighbourhood.
Winnipeg police have handed over an investigation to Manitoba's police watchdog after a man died in hospital a day after officers restrained him while responding to a domestic call in the city's Crestview neighbourhood.
Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth confirmed a 35-year-old man died Saturday night in hospital following what police described as a domestic-related incident. Police have notified the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) about the death.
Smyth said a woman called police just after midnight on Friday leading into the early morning hours of Saturday. Smyth said the woman, calling from an apartment complex on Fairlane Avenue, told police her boyfriend was intoxicated.
"She was worried about her toddler and her two infants that were in the suite at the time," Smyth said. "There was a lot of yelling, a lot of commotion in the background and reports of windows being smashed."
Police said the woman was able to escape the suite unharmed. None of the three children were injured.
About 10 minutes later, Smyth said the woman called police again and reported that her boyfriend had fallen down the stairs from their second-floor suite and was lying in the snow at the bottom of the stairs. Smyth said another caller told police the man had wandered into the parking lot and collapsed.
Smyth said the first officers arrived around 12:23 a.m. with other officers arriving minutes later.
