Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after an in-custody death on James Smith Cree Nation.
RCMP officers had responded to a report of a bear spray incident in a home on the community Monday morning.
A male would flee the house away from officers, however, after his arrest, police say the 29-year-old man went into medical distress.
The man was declared dead on the scene by EMS.
The Serious Incident Response Team has now been brought in to investigate the death.