Vancouver police investigating after man stabbed in back
A man was rushed to hospital with a stab wound to the back, after an incident in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Friday morning.
The victim was rushed to Vancouver General Hospital around 12:30 a.m., Friday
A man was rushed to hospital with a stab wound to the back after an incident in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Friday, according to the B.C. Ambulance Service.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 100-block of East Hastings Street.
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Vancouver police had a section of sidewalk behind yellow tape for about an hour, while a forensics investigator looked over evidence.
Police have not said what may have led to the incident.
Staff at Insite, a supervised injection facility which was briefly closed, confirmed that the incident happened outside and was unconnected to the facility.
