Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who lost vital signs while in custody at an Ottawa police station.
The Special Investigations Unit says an autopsy is scheduled for today after the 49-year-old died Tuesday night.
It says the Ottawa Police Service arrested the man on a drug warrant late Tuesday afternoon.
The man was taken to a police station and placed in a cell.
He was found unresponsive midevening and emergency medical services found him without vital signs.
The agency says the man died in hospital soon after.
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