Overview
- A 26-year-old was found with multiple stab wounds on Cardinal Street around 2:25pm on October 23 after a vehicle overturned, and he died later in hospital.
- A 19-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody as GMP’s Major Incident Team leads the investigation and maintains an increased local presence.
- Officers say there is no wider threat to the community and are appealing for CCTV, doorbell, or dashcam footage as forensic work continues at cordoned scenes.
- In Kearsley, a man sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries in an assault believed to involve a bladed weapon, with two ambulances and an air ambulance deployed and no arrests reported.
- Separate probes continue into a cyclist seriously injured in an Eccles car collision on October 22 and a Bury crash that left a 77-year-old pedestrian with potentially life-changing injuries, with specialist units seeking witnesses.