Homicide investigates a man killed in Leslieville

Toronto police and his homicide investigate after a man was killed in Leslieville early Saturday morning

. The incident occurred in the Eastern Ave. area. and Morse Street, near Broadview Avenue, shortly after 1 am

Police said that the man had been found lying on the ground and taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries

confirmed that it was a male victim in his forties, but did not provide any other information at that time the.

With records of Ilya Banares

Clare Rayment is a late-hour reporter working in the Star radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @clare_rayment