The province’s Special Investigations Unit has released the name of the man who died after an interaction with city police early Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as 43-year-old Gordon Dale Couverette.

A post mortem took place Friday morning in Sudbury.

The SIU continues to investigate.

Police earlier reported officers were attempting to arrest a man and used a taser.

After going into medical distress he was taken to hospital by ambulance and later pronounced deceased.