UPDATE: 11:50 May 27
On May 27 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»police released the identity of the man killed over the long weekend.
Richard William Hooper, 59, died in hospital Monday, May 25 after being stabbed on Saturday, May 22.
ORIGINAL: 2:25 p.m. May 25
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»police are investigating the city's seventh homicide of 2021.
Saturday (May 22) around 2:30 a.m. police were called to a home near Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue in the Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood after reports of an injured man, according to a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Department (VPD) press release. Upon arrival, they found a 59-year-old man with multiple stab wounds.
He was rushed to hospital; unfortunately, he died Monday.
Saturday police arrested a man in connection with the stabbing; now that the victim has died Rajesh Narayan, 38, has been charged with second-degree murder. Police believe Narayan knew the victim before the stabbing.
The VPD's homicide unit is still investigating; anyone with information about the case is asked to call 604-717-2500.
