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An autopsy has determined a Port Coquitlam man involved in a shooting incident with police earlier this month did not die from a self-inflicted injury.

On June 18, Coquitlam RCMP and the Integrated Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team were called to a home at 2103 Audrey Dr. just after 7 p.m., after receiving a report that a distraught man was firing a gun into the air outside his home.

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The man, who allegedly fired more shots when the police arrived, was later found dead behind a vehicle by emergency response team members.

The Independent Investigations Office, the provincial police watchdog, is investigating the fatal incident.

Initial reports made to the IIO on the evening by the RCMP suggested the man may have shot himself following an exchange of gunfire with police.

The IIO says following an autopsy, it has been determined that the man’s death was not self-inflicted.