BOSTON (WHDH) - Police are searching for a suspect after a man was fatally stabbed in the chest in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Sunday morning, officials said.

Officers responding to a reported stabbing in the area of Peirson Street around 8:35 a.m. found a man suffering from an apparent stab wound.

The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Boston police. His name has not been released.

Peirson Street was closed between Massachusetts Avenue and Allerton as police investigated the scene.

An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston Police Homicide Detectives at 617-343-5570.

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