A Downtown Eastside stabbing early Tuesday morning has led to Vancouver’s seventh homicide of 2017.
Vancouver Police say they were called to East Hastings Street, between Main and Columbia Street around 3:30 a.m. They found a man suffering from “extensive” stab wounds who collapsed on the ground outside 139 East Hastings Street.
He was rushed to hospital by paramedics but died a short time later.
Vancouver Police Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham says it appears the man’s death was the result of “some sort of scuffle.”
He says they are not releasing the identity of the man at this time but he is a 19-year-old, who lives in Vancouver.
No arrests have been made in the case but police say it is a homicide.
Detectives from the Vancouver Police Major Crime Section were on scene for most of the morning.
Vancouver had 12 homicides last year. “Any one homicide in Vancouver is one homicide too many,” said Fincham, adding he hopes the seven so far is not indicative of the rest of 2017.
He says violent crime is generally down in the east side of Vancouver.