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A man fatally stabbed with a sharp object in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood early Sunday morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 52-year-old Eric Avila.
Avila, a San Francisco resident, was seen talking to a suspect shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday near 25th and Connecticut streets, police said.
A witness reported that the suspect then swung an object at Avila, who suffered a laceration to his neck and collapsed to the ground, according to police.
Avila was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The suspect, described as a black man in his 20s wearing all black clothing, had not been arrested as of this morning, police said.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Police Department’s homicide detail at (415) 553-1145, the department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
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