A 48-year-old Mississauga woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was fatally stabbed in an apartment in the city’s south end.
Const. Taryn Hill told reporters officers and paramedics were called to a building on Ann Street, near Hurontario Street and Lakeshore Road East, at 10:20 p.m. on Friday.
“Upon arrival we did locate a victim suffering from life-threatening injuries. A short time later the victim was pronounced (dead) on scene,” she said.
Hill said a woman was taken into custody a short time later.
Police said the man and the woman were in an intimate relationship.
On Saturday morning, police identified the victim as 54-year-old Michael Johnston.
Mary Ljubanovich, 48, was charged with second degree murder.
Police said there are no outstanding suspects.
Johnston’s death marks Peel Region’s third murder of 2019.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.