Man stabbed to death Downtown

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Homicide detectives Friday investigated the fatal
stabbing of a 52-year-old man in downtown San Diego.

Officers were called to the 600 block of Market Street shortly before 5
p.m. Thursday. Once there, they found the victim in need of medical attention,
San Diego police homicide Lt. Mike Hastings said in a statement.

Paramedics took the man to a local hospital, where he died a few hours
later, according to Hastings.

“It has not been determined what precipitated the assault,” he said.
“Detectives and forensic specialists are … processing the scene for evidence
and trying to local witnesses.”

Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call police at
(619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.