A 29-year-old stabbing victim has died in hospital and a man is in custody in connection with the crime, West Shore RCMP said Thursday.

Kyle Jansen, 29, from Victoria, was found by officers near Jacklin Road and Station Avenue in Langford at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. He had a stab wound in his leg.

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Jansen, who was originally reported by police to be 21, was taken to hospital in critical condition by B.C. Ambulance.

He died on Thursday, said West Shore RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz.

On Thursday at 3 p.m., Victoria police arrested a Victoria man, also 29, in connection with the stabbing. “He remains in police custody and charges have not yet been laid,” Rochlitz said.

Police said witnesses reported seeing a female driver in a late 1990s model, dark-blue SUV at the scene.

“We remain interested in speaking to anyone who may have information about this incident and this vehicle,” Rochlitz said.

The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit has taken over the investigation with the assistance of West Shore RCMP.

Anyone with information is asked to contact West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).