SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man was fatally stabbed inside a shelter in San Francisco Monday night, according to police.

Officers responded to a report of a stabbing just before 7 p.m. in the 500 block of Fifth Street.

Upon arriving, they found a 44-year-old man who had been stabbed in his torso. The San Francisco man was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The suspect fled, police said.

Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department’s Anonymous Tip Line at (415) 575-4444.

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