Three arrests after man killed in Wolverhampton city centre stabbing
An investigation is ongoing after a man was fatally stabbed on a city centre street.
Three people have been arrested after a man was fatally stabbed on a Wolverhampton city centre street.
West Midlands Police said that the man had been found with an injury to his chest in the early hours of Sunday morning in a car park on Clarence Street and died at the scene.
The force said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder, while two other people were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Clarence Street has remained cordoned off throughout Sunday from the junction of Waterloo Road to the junction of Birch Street, with a blue tent visible in the middle of the road.
West Midlands Police has asked for anyone with any information to get in touch as soon as possible.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We've arrested three people after a man was found fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton, in the early hours of today (Sun).
“Officers were alerted at 3am to a man with an injury to his chest in a car park in Clarence Street.
“The man in his 20s was treated by paramedics and he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
“Following initial enquiries, officers have arrested one man, aged 32, on suspicion of murder and a man, aged 66 and a woman aged 59, on suspicion of assisting an offender.
“Investigations remain on-going to establish exactly who is responsible with forensics experts examining the scene as door-to-door enquiries continue.
“CCTV is also being retrieved and reviewed from the area and anyone who has yet to speak with us is asked to get in touch.
“Officers will be in the area as our enquiries progress and our neighbourhood teams will also be patrolling in the coming days to offer reassurance.
“If you have information call us on 101 or message via Live Chat on our website quoting log 594 of 5 July.”