Toronto man stabbed to death outside Hamilton nightclub

Update: On Monday morning, a 29 year old Hamilton man turned himself into police. He will be charged with 1st degree murder and is awaiting an appearance in court Tuesday morning.

33-year-old Reald Vercani of Toronto was stabbed to death at a downtown nightclub in Hamilton.

Hamilton paramedics worked to save the man’s life early this morning at Coco Bongo Lounge on York Boulevard and Queen Street. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

Police said a fight between several people broke out at around 3 a.m. in the nightclub’s parking lot. One man was stabbed but police wont say where he was wounded, or what weapon was used.

Forensic investigators and detectives later arrived at the scene and appeared to be searching a park across the street.

Both police and nearby businesses say there haven’t been many issues at the nightclub.

“I haven’t really heard any problems with them,” a nearby vendor admitted. “Generally this is actually a pretty good neighbourhood. So I’m actually pretty surprised that that happened.”

Detectives believe this was a targeted attack and say there is no concern for public safety.

They added that it is not known whether the victim and the attacker knew each other.

This is Hamilton’s sixth homicide this year.