A 59-year-old man is dead and three others were taken to hospital after a stabbing during a party at an apartment on the North Shore.

Kamloops RCMP were called around 11:32 p.m. on Saturday night to an apartment complex on Carson Crescent.

Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay says the 59-year-old man died at the scene, while two other men, aged 58 and 62, are in hospital with life threatening injuries. A 21-year-old man also has non life-threatening injuries.

A 43-year-old man was arrested by police around 1 a.m. Sunday morning, and the Kamloops Serious Crime Unit has taken over the case.

“We are at the early stage of this investigation and there is very little reliable information that we can provide to the public at this time, Pillay said.

“Based on our current understanding of this incident, there is no danger to the public. The alleged suspect and victims appear to have known each other.”

At this time police have not yet laid charges, and a motive is also not yet clear.

(Photos via Nathan Ritchie)