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Man dead after fight ends in stabbing outside Vancouver nightclub: police

One man is dead after a fight outside a nightclub in Vancouver escalated into a stabbing early Monday.

24-year-old in custody after late night stabbing

Police are seen outside the Gallery Vancouver club on May 23, 2022 after a deadly stabbing.
Police are seen outside the Gallery Vancouver club on Monday after a man was stabbed to death in the area overnight. (Shane Mackichan)

UPDATE May 2, 2023:TheVancouver Police Department saida25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of the 19-year-old man.


One man is dead after a fight outside a nightclub in Vancouver escalated into a stabbing early Monday.

Police said officers were called to the area near Marine Drive and Hudson Street, not far fromthe Gallery Vancouver club, around 3:30 a.m. PT. A fight had broken out between "a large group" of people,according to a statement.

Officers found a 19-year-old man who had been stabbed. He later died in hospital.

The statement said a24-year-old man wasarrested and remains in custody. The investigation is ongoing.

"This incident happened close to a nearby nightclub at closing time," Const. Tania Visintinwrote in the statement. "We know there were a lot of people who saw what happened this morning."

Anyone with information is asked to call police. The stabbing is the city's fifth homicide of the year.