Independent probe clears Mounties in Salt Spring Island stabbing.

SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. – Major crimes investigators from Vancouver Island continue to probe the stabbing death of a 36-year-old man on Salt Spring Island, northeast of Victoria, but a team from B.C.’s police watchdog has cleared Mounties of any involvement in the homicide.

The Independent Investigations Office was called into the case after the April 22 stabbing.

RCMP had responded to reports of a fight and took over resuscitation efforts when officers found the man without vital signs and receiving first aid from two people.

The victim died a short time later in hospital and the IIO has now ruled any action or inaction by police did not play a part in the death.

Salt Spring RCMP say they are confident the stabbing was an isolated incident, all the parties knew each other, and the public is not in danger.

No charges have been laid and detectives are still trying to determine how one of the two people who was administering aid to the victim also suffered serious stab wounds.