Man fatally stabbed near Brookland Park

From the Times Dispatch:

Richmond police responding to 911 calls of a man down shortly before midnight Thursday found an apparently homeless man who had been fatally stabbed near a North Side intersection.

The man was non-responsive when officers arrived at the corner of North Avenue and Essex Street, about a block south of Brookland Park Boulevard, police spokeswoman Cynthia Price said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Price described the victim only as a black male, apparently homeless. Anyone with information about the stabbing should call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.