Vancouver police say they are investigating the murder of a 37-year-old man in the Downtown Eastside on Sunday night.
Police say they received reports of a man suffering from a possible drug overdose on Hastings Street just after 10 p.m. A witness reported seeing a man collapse in the middle of the sidewalk, police said.
First responders performed chest compressions on the man and discovered that he had stab wounds.
The man was taken to hospital where he later died of his injuries.
No arrests have been made, police said.
The death is Vancouver’s fourth homicide of 2021.
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