Winnipeg street reopened to traffic around 4 p.m. Friday, in time for rush hour, following a lengthy closure while police investigated a fatal stabbing.

Police blocked a section of Osborne Street, between Wardlaw Avenue and Stradbrook Avenue, around 6:30 a.m. after a man was stabbed multiple times in Osborne Village.

Blood-stained clothing or gauze lies crumpled on the sidewalk in front of Ozzy's Bar. CBC
There was a major disturbance just before 3 a.m. involving about 50 people near Ozzy's Bar in the Osborne Village Inn, police said.

Officers responding to the calls found the stabbing victim, who was taken to hospital, where he later died.

According to area residents, the "major disturbance" was a street brawl. There are also reports of gunshots being fired at about the same time.

No arrests have been made.

The man's death is the city's 24th homicide of 2011.

No further information, such as the man's age, has been released by police.

The Osborne Village area has had its share of violence in recent days. On July 13, a tattoo parlour was damaged after a failed firebombing, which has been attributed to fighting between outlaw biker gangs the Rock Machine and the Hells Angels.

On Thursday, a 29-year-old man was sent to hospital in critical condition after a fight at River Avenue and Osborne Street. He was later upgraded to stable condition.

An area near the Toad in the Hole pub was surrounded with yellow police tape during the morning rush hour and a police cruiser was parked on the sidewalk.