‘No risk to the public’ after suspected homicide in Victoria, police say

A Victoria police van in an undated photo from the Victoria Police Department. (Handout)

Police in Victoria are investigating a suspected homicide over the weekend in the city’s Burnside Gorge neighbourhood.

The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit has taken conduct of the investigation after city police were called to an address in the 200 block of Gorge Road East on Saturday morning.

A statement from the Victoria Police Department says officers and Victoria firefighters responded to a residential unit at around 10 a.m. when they discovered a deceased male.

Forensic investigators and major crimes detectives gathered evidence from the scene in what was initially classified as a suspicious death, the statement said.

“This is believed to be an isolated incident and there is no risk to the public,” the Victoria police statement said. “The investigation is ongoing, and further details cannot be shared at this time.”