RCMP close downtown Whitehorse street to investigate suspicious death

Police are investigating a suspicious death in front of the Chilkoot Inn in downtown Whitehorse.

"The area is closed to the public at Ogilvie St. and 4th Ave," reads a news release from Yukon RCMP Thursday morning.

Several police vehicles were seen in the area around 9 a.m. Investigators were examining the side of a building at the corner of 4th and Ogilvie. Evidence markers were visible in the parking lot and adjacent parking lot.

Police said there was no immediate danger to the public.

The area was reopened shortly afterwards, withfew other detailsreleased by RCMP.