Toronto police say they are investigating the city’s latest homicide in the east-end.
Officers said they received a call just after 1 a.m. for a medical complaint in the area of Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street.
When emergency crews arrived they found an unresponsive man on the ground who was in life-threatening condition, paramedics said.
The man, who was in his 40s, was rushed to a trauma centre. He was pronounced dead in hospital.
This marks Toronto’s 56th homicide of 2018.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.