Victim of homicide in Vancouver identified

Vancouver police are investigating the city's ninthhomicide of 2019after a 43-year-old man was injured in the Downtown Eastsideon Thursdaymorning and later died in hospital.

On Friday, police identified the victim as Fizul Jeremy Mohammed.

Police said Mohammed suffered life-threatening injuries near Main and Hastings streets before he made his way to the the area of Robson and Denmanstreets in the West End, where he collapsed. Police were called out for a man in distress around 10 a.m. PT.

He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Vancouver Police Department's Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.