UPDATE: 10:20 a.m.
Sgt. Laura Pollock of the Kelowna RCMP spoke briefly to media Friday morning about the body found at Waterfront Park Friday morning, but she provided few details about the situation.
“This morning at approximately 7 a.m., a female was located on the shores of Okanagan Lake in Waterfront Park,” Sgt. Pollock said. “The RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are working together to identify the female and the cause of her death.”
A large police presence remains in Waterfront Park Friday morning, but police won’t say whether the death is being investigated as a homicide. The BC Coroners Service is now on scene.
A treed area south of the Tugboat Bay bathrooms is closed as officers investigate, but the majority of the park remains open to the public.
UPDATE: 9:35 a.m.
Kelowna RCMP confirm they found a body at Waterfront Park Friday morning.
The coroner is on the scene and a tent has been placed around an area of the park near the lagoon on the Delta Hotel side of the park.
RCMP are holding a press conference where they indicate they will read a statement.
UPDATE: 9:05 a.m.
Kelowna RCMP say they have recovered the body of a female in Waterfront Park.
No further details have been released. RCMP will be making a statement at 9:45 this morning.
Witnesses in the area say RCMP were in the park earlier this morning and pulled what they believed to be a body from the park’s lagoon system.
ORIGINAL: 8:15 a.m.
Several emergency vehicles are staged at Waterfront Park in downtown Kelowna Friday morning.
A Castanet reader shared a photo showing several RCMP cruisers and Kelowna Fire Department apparatus along the waterfront. There appears to be a boat trailer, indicating a water rescue may be underway.
Another witness says there was a boat on the water and something was pulled from Okanagan Lake. An ambulance was parked nearby.
Castanet has a reporter on the way to the scene.
More to come.
Photo: Contributed
Emergency personnel were seen carrying an inflatable boat at the scene.
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