Homicide investigators were deployed to Agassiz, B.C., on Thursday, where a 25-year-old man was found dead in a field.
RCMP officers were called to the field on Chowat Road in the Seabird Island reserve around 7:30 a.m., and called in the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team after determining the death was suspicious.
IHIT said forensic experts were still processing the scene, which it described as a “large outdoor area.”
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“This incident is not believed to be involved in the Lower Mainland gang conflict,” IHIT Sgt. David Lee said in a media release.
“It was an isolated incident and there are no additional safety risks to the public in this matter.”
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IHIT said the victim had been identified, but police did not release his name.
Investigators said they were working with the Seabird Island Indigenous community.
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