RCMP remain tight-lipped one year after a fatal fight in Rossland.
Police said they were called at about 4:40 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2025 to a fight between two people at the intersection of Nevada Street and Dunn Crescent. Sometime in the next week, one of those people died in hospital, although their name, gender, age, and hometown were never revealed.
Police asked anyone who saw the incident to contact them, but declined to answer any questions about the incident, including exactly how long after the fight the death occurred, why they waited a week to notify the public, whether the two people knew each other, whether police knew who the other person involved was, and whether a weapon was involved.
BC Emergency Health Services confirmed that it took one person to hospital in serious condition following the incident, but said that due to privacy legislation, it was not able to reveal anything about the patient or their injury.
A Simon Fraser University criminology professor said police probably had good reason to withhold details in the case.
“Most of the time, police are trying to keep cards close when they are pursuing lines of inquiry, and it’s legitimate to not spoil the inflow of new evidence,” Bryan Kinney said.
Asked this week for an update, RCMP would only say that the file remains under investigation.
