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Toddler unhurt, man found dead after standoff near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A two-year-old boy is safe after an 11-hour standoff in a northeastern British Columbia home, but police say a man who allegedly held the child has died.
Fort St. John RCMP say officers entered the residence in Charlie Lake northwest of Fort St. John at about 11 p.m. Sunday.
Mounties say the man was found dead but the toddler was unharmed.
Police surrounded the home at around noon Sunday after a woman reported she escaped from the property during a domestic dispute, leaving her son behind.
The Independent Investigations Office has taken over the case.
IIO members are called in all cases where death or serious injury results during police-related incidents.
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