The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal stabbing involving two homeless men near Main and Washington Avenue.

On Tuesday, at about 3:46 p.m., LVMPD responded to a report of a fight near the 1200 block of A Street that left one man on the ground bleeding.

Upon arrival, officers located a Black man in his 50s with apparent stab wounds.

Medical personnel pronounced the man dead on the scene.

According to the investigation, both men involved in the fight appeared to be homeless.

Police said the men got into a physical fight, during which the suspect stabbed the victim.

LVMPD said the suspect fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction.

Anyone with any information about this incident can contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.