Toronto police have identified a man fatally stabbed in an apartment building in the west end early Sunday.

Birchfield Matthews, 43, of Toronto, died in a trauma centre, police said in a weekend news release. Matthews is Toronto's 14th homicide victim of the year.

Matthews was stabbed inside an apartment building near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue W. Police responded to a medical call from the area just after 6 a.m.

Police said they arrested a suspect, a 29-year-old Toronto man, near the scene.

Toronto paramedics took Matthews in life-threatening condition to a trauma centre, where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death.

Police said they have charged the suspect with second degree murder. He is due to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Monday.

STABBING Update - A man was arrested at the scene. The <a href="https://twitter.com/TPSHomicide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPSHomicide</a> Unit have been contacted and have taken over this investigation. <a href="https://twitter.com/TPS13Div?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPS13Div</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GO538385?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GO538385</a> ^CdK<a href="https://t.co/gR0LL9jAVu">https://t.co/gR0LL9jAVu</a> —@TPSOperations

Toronto police's homicide unit is now investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).