RCMP seeking witnesses, dash-cam footage of assault near downtown Chilliwack<\/p>\n
Published 12:20 pm Thursday, March 12, 2026<\/p>\n
The Chilliwack RCMP\u2019s serious crime unit is seeking for the public\u2019s help on an assault case that may be linked to the death of a Chilliwack man.<\/p>\n
Chilliwack RCMP say they were notified that on March 7, a man, 49, who had been assaulted on Feb. 21, had died in hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators believe the assault may have been a contributing factor in his death and the Serious Crime Unit has taken conduct of the investigation,\u201d according to the RCMP release on March 12.<\/p>\n
The assault is believed to have occurred on Feb. 21, at about 11:30 p.m. on Railway Avenue near Young Road. The victim and another male were reportedly walking westbound from Young Road towards Yale Road prior to the incident.<\/p>\n
Police are asking anyone out on Feb. 21 who was driving, walking, or cycling along Yale Road between downtown Chilliwack and Railway Avenue between 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. to contact the police if they:<\/p>\n
\u2022 observed anything unusual; witnessed an altercation; or<\/p>\n
\u2022 may have interacted with or seen two men walking together in the area.<\/p>\n
Investigators are also asking if motorists who travelled to the east end of Railway Avenue near Young Road between 11:15 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. can review any available dash cam footage. Footage that captures the sidewalk, boulevard, or roadway may be critical to the investigation.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information or relevant dash cam footage is asked to contact the Chilliwack RCMP at 604\u2011792\u20114611 and quote file # 2026-9400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RCMP seeking witnesses, dash-cam footage of assault near downtown Chilliwack Published 12:20 pm Thursday, March 12, 2026 The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-532171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}