Police are investigating Saskatoon’s first homicide of 2017.

Officers were called just before midnight Wednesday to a residence on the 200 block of Avenue I South. A 45-year-old man, the victim of an apparent assault, was found at the scene, police said in a media release.

He was taken to hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Police have not released his name.

The Saskatoon Police Service’s major crimes and forensic identification units are investigating alongside the coroner’s office.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.