The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of a man who was in custody at the North Fraser Pre-trial facility in Port Coquitlam.
William Ryan Fisher, 30, was scheduled to be transferred to Pacific Institution in Abbotsford to begin serving a three-year federal sentence for his role in the 2011 Stanley Cup riots.
Fisher and 24-year-old Russell Jean Milne received the most severe punishments given to rioters after being found guilty of the aggravated assault of Christopher Leveille, dubbed the "Good Samaritan" who was trying to protect a Budget Car Rental. Leveille suffered a crushed lung and other serious injuries after he was punched, kicked and stomped in the attack.
Fisher was sentenced on Feb. 19 and was due to be transferred on Feb. 22 but early that morning he went into "medical distress," according to a BC Coroners Service release.
He was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, where he died on Feb. 25.
The BC Coroners Service, federal and provincial corrections officials and the RCMP are investigating.
