Gloucester stabbing: Murder investigation launched

Emergency services were called to Arthur Street in Gloucester on Sunday morning

Police have launched a murder investigation following a stabbing.

Emergency services were called to reports that a man had been stabbed at Arthur Street in Gloucester at about 01:05 BST.

The man was treated by paramedics but later died from his injuries.

Gloucestershire police remain at the scene and road closures are in place on Arthur Street, at the junctions of Barton Street and Eastgate Street on Trier Way and Park Road.

A number of road closures are in place around Arthur Street

The force said officers were in the "early stages of an investigation" and appealed for any witnesses or anyone with any information to come forward.

They said inquiries to locate the dead man's next of kin were ongoing.

Councillor Justin Hudson runs the Butlers bar nearby on Eastgate Street and said he ran, alongside his door staff, to help the injured man after people running from nearby Wellington St alerted them to the incident.

"They needed our help straight away. You just go into flight or fight mode," he said.

Councillor Justin Hudson said the ran to help the injured man

Mr Hudson, who is also the city's deputy mayor and chair of Night Safe, a partnership group who oversee the safety of Gloucester's evening and night-time economy, said while he was "heartbroken" for all concerned, he was proud to see people coming together to help.

"I'm extremely proud of the team work that we've got down in the city centre. The street medics, the night safe officers and the police. It's a working partnership," he added.

Cllr Hudson said the man's death was a "terrible loss" to the victim's friends and family and "also to the city".

"Sometimes you just don't have words. No city, no district, this shouldn't happen," he added.