Targeted stabbing in DTES leaves 1 man dead

Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing outside Insite -- the safe-injection site for intravenous drug users. (CTV)

Vancouver police are investigating a targeted stabbing outside Insite -- the safe-injection site for intravenous drug users -- that left one man dead Saturday night.

Police received reports of the stabbing shortly after 6 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the 47-year-old victim in critical condition and sent him to hospital where he later died.

The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was known to police.

There was a heavy police presence at the intersection of East Hastings and Columbia streets after the incident as detectives from the VPD's Major Crime Section and Forensic Identification Unit conducted their investigation.

No arrests have been made and anyone who witnessed the stabbing or has information about this murder is asked to call police at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

This is the 11^th murder of the year in Vancouver.