Toronto police say a man is dead after a stabbing at a downtown rooming house in the area of Charles and Church Streets.

Police said a man without vital signs was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police were called to the scene just after 9 p.m. Friday after reports of stabbing following an altercation and they located a man in life-threatening condition.

The man may have been stabbed by someone in the home with him, Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook told CBC News.

No description of a suspect has been released.