The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating a suspicious death in a remote area of Ladysmith.
The RCMP says that just after 5 pm on Monday, the Ladysmith RCMP was called to assist ambulance paramedics in a forested area off Timberland Forest Service Road in Ladysmith.
A man was fatally injured while riding a dirt bike with a small group of people.
Witnesses told police that guns may have been fired in the area at the time of the incident.
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RCMP Media Relations officer Corporal Alex Bérubé says the victim died at the scene.
He says investigators are searching the area and interviewing potential witnesses to find out what happened.
