Victoria Police Department officers have been cleared in the death of a woman at a downtown hotel late last year.

The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC concluded its investigation after a women fell to her death.

On November 3, 2023 at about 11:20 a.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting concern for a woman who had climbed over the railing of their ninth floor hotel room in the 500-block of Oswego Street, read a statement by the IIO.

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