B.C. police officer charged with sex assault has died: sources [Video]

Warning: This story contains a reference to suicide.

One of the two B.C. police officers charged this week with sexually assaulting the same “vulnerable” woman has died, CTV News has learned.

Several law enforcement sources said they were informed Sgt. Matthew Ball of the Central Saanich Police Service took his own life following his arrest Tuesday on Vancouver Island.

Ball was 43.

The B.C. Prosecution Service approved charges against Ball and Const. Ryan Johnston the same day, following an investigation by the Vancouver Police Department that began in October.

Few details of the allegations against the two men have been made public, except that they happened separately, in incidents dating back to January 2019, while each was on duty.

“The current evidence suggests that each officer formed separate intimate and inappropriate relationships with the woman at different times after meeting her during the course of their duties,” said Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson of the Vancouver police, at a news conference Tuesday.

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