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Homicide investigators called after child in B.C. community found in medical distress

Mar 1, 2021 | 1:00 PM

AGASSIZ, B.C. — Police say homicide investigators were called after a child was found in medical distress in a small community in the Fraser Valley.

The RCMP in Agassiz say the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over after they were summoned to a home in Harrison Mills to assist BC Ambulance Service when it was called to a medical emergency.

Mounties say the call came in around 5 p.m. on Friday. 

They say the child was taken to a regional hospital where he was in critical condition and not expected to survive.