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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 74-year-old man fell from an apartment balcony to his death as London police officers tried to make contact with him.
At 12:46 p.m. Thursday, London police were sent to a building on Pomeroy Lane to take a man into custody under the Mental Health Act, the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a news release Thursday night.
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In a separate news release Thursday night, London police said officers went to the building in the 3000 block of Pomeroy Lane to “locate a male for whom police had safety concerns.”
Pomeroy Lane is just southeast of Southdale and Colonel Talbot roads, and several apartment buildings are located in the 3000 block.
Two officers knocked on the door and tried to make contact, but the man fell from the balcony to the ground below, the SIU said.
Officers performed CPR and called paramedics. Paramedics took the man to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, the SIU said.
The SIU investigates investigates civilian injuries or deaths in cases involving police, and allegations of sexual assault.
London police released no information about the man who died, nor from where in the building he fell, and the provincial agency – to which police directed all inquires with the SIU now investigating – said only that the man was 74 years old.
Three investigators and two forensic officers have been assigned to the case, the SIU said.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about the case, including video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at siu.on.ca
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