The Independent Investigations Office has dismissed any concerns about police actions or inactions in the death of the man identified online as Russell Seeber.
Port Alberni RCMP initially responded to a complaint Friday morning of a man who was up a tree near the Quadrant on 4th Ave, shouting at people. The male had tied a noose, placed it around his neck and was highly agitated.
An RCMP Crisis Negotiator was called in, along with local mental health support staff, BC Ambulance, Port Alberni Fire/Rescue, and his friends and family who were unable to convince him to descend.
He insisted he had no intention to harm himself and removed the noose but remained in the tree.
According to an RCMP press release, emergency personnel were called to the site early Sunday and took Seeber to West Coast General Hospital where he died of his injuries.
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