Peel homicide officers are investigating the region's eighth murder of the year after a 19-year-old man died after being stabbed in Mississauga early Saturday morning.

Police were called to Kennedy's strip club on Kennedy Road near Highway 401 at about 2 a.m.

Officers found the victim lying in the parking lot suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries a short time later.

The victim has been identified as Luis Estrada-Lemmon. An autopsy has been scheduled for Sunday.

Police set up a command post in the strip club while investigators searched the area for clues.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the force's homicide bureau at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205.

Anonymous tips can be made to Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).