Toronto police say a man has died after he was stabbed by another man in the city’s east end on Tuesday night.
Emergency crews were called to Danforth and Hillingdon avenues at around 11:03 p.m. for reports of a stabbing.
Police said a 36-year-old man was found with stab wounds and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officers initially said he was in his 20s.
In an update to Global News on Wednesday morning, police said the man died from his injuries.
The victim was identified as Ashkan Pournasir-Roudbane from Toronto. He is the city’s 16th homicide victim this year.
The homicide unit has now taken over the investigation.
Investigators are looking for one suspect, a man described as about five-foot-five with a thin build and he was wearing a grey hoodie and dark pants.
On Wednesday afternoon, they released an image of him.
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— with a file from Global News’ Isaac Callan
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