A man charged with second-degree murder turned himself in to police shortly after allegedly stabbing another man he knew to death in Parkdale on Monday, police say.

Dale Nelson, 31, is charged with one count of second-degree murder following the mid-afternoon stabbing near Jameson Avenue.

Police on Tuesday identified the victim of the stabbing as 51-year-old Andrew Downs, of Toronto.

Police allege the two men, who were known to each other, got into a verbal argument outside 182 Jameson Ave. just before 2 p.m. Monday. The situation resulted in one of the men being stabbed, according to police, and the other fleeing.

Emergency crews took the victim to hospital where he later died.

Police say suspect turned himself into police soon after.

Nelson was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.