Vancouver police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in the Downtown Eastside Friday morning.
Shane John Tolmie, 26, was stabbed in an apartment on Abbott Street near West Pender Street at around 12:15 a.m. on June 29.
Tolmie was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.
Officers arrested a 24-year-old woman at the scene who police say knew Tolmie. She has been released pending further investigation.
It’s the city’s 11th homicide of 2018.
Abeal Negussie Abera, 26, of Surrey, died after being stabbed June 23 on West Hastings Street near Abbott Street, two blocks from the apartment suite where
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