GMP have enforced new powers in an area of Greater Manchester after a group of armed men were seen fighting.
10.07.2023 - 18:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People living in a quiet south Manchester street had their peaceful Sunday afternoons shattered after a fight between two men spiralled into a murder investigation.
Residents of Rushmere Avenue were left struggling for words as forensic officers went in and out of a house that remained taped off on Monday. Eyewitnesses described suddenly seeing more than a dozen emergency services vehicles fill the narrow terraced street around 9pm with one man seen to be be put in a police van.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed that a 36-year-old man died after a 'fight' between two men, reported around 8.50pm. He died at the scene after being found with serious injuries. A 29-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police say.
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Residents of Rushmere Avenue, not far from Stockport Road with shops, schools, pubs, and community hubs amongst the rows of terraced houses, were left in a state of shock by the incident. The adjacent Greenbank playing fields was filled with dogwalkers and other taking in the morning sun while just metres away a murder probe was underway. Many were in the dark about how or what could have happened.
"I'm in complete shock," one resident told the Manchester Evening News. "It was around 9pm that the street just became filled with police cars and ambulances, it completely blocked the road.
"We saw someone getting put in a police van very soon after but it became quite quiet after that. And we were not being told what was going on.
"I think after it became a bit quieter and the officers said that they couldn't tell us anything people knew it was serious. Forensics have been here all night I can't imagine
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