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Lethbridge police investigating sudden death at supervised consumption site

Outside of Lethbridge's supervised consumption site. Global News File

The Lethbridge Police Service is investigating a sudden death at the city’s supervised consumption site early Wednesday afternoon.

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According to an LPS release, police were called to the facility at around 12:30 p.m. to assist EMS with a medical emergency in the parking lot along the 1000 block of 1 Avenue South.

When officers arrived they were informed that a 33-year-old woman had been pronounced dead.

Photos from onlookers appeared to show a body under a tarp.

LPS said the Medical Examiner’s Office has been contacted and the woman’s body will be sent to Calgary for an autopsy.

The investigation is ongoing.

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The identity of the woman has not been released and police say no further information will be given until the autopsy has been completed.

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