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A residential street in Oldbury was sealed off overnight following a stabbing as emergency services and police rushed to Lovett Avenue in Lion Farm estate at around 4pm on Thursday, August 29
A 13-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Birmingham as police launch a murder probe following the "absolutely tragic" incident.
A residential street in Oldbury was sealed off overnight as emergency services and police rushed to Lovett Avenue in Lion Farm estate at around 4pm on Thursday, August 29. The teenager was treated by paramedics at the scene for his stab wounds but was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
The West Midlands force said detectives were chasing "active lines of enquiry to identify who was involved. A property remains sealed off by police after the boy was tragically stabbed to death yesterday.
Detective Superintendent Shaun Edwards of West Midlands Police said: "It’s absolutely tragic a young life has been lost. We have specialist officers who will be supporting the family of the boy. We have detectives working flat out to find whoever is responsible and bring them into custody as soon as possible."
A West Midlands Police spokesperson added: "We have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was fatally stabbed at an address in Oldbury. We were called to a property on Lovett Avenue at around 4pm yesterday by the ambulance service."
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed they were called to the scene where the schoolboy had "liffe threatening injuries." It said: "“We were called to a stabbing at a private address on Lovett Avenue just after 4pm on Thursday.
"One ambulance, two paramedic officers, the WMAS Critical Care Car, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic and a BASICS emergency doctor attended the scene. Upon arrival we found a teenage boy with life threatening injuries.
"Ambulance staff administered advanced trauma care at the scene but unfortunately, despite their best efforts nothing more could be done to save him and he was confirmed deceased at the scene.”
A residential street was sealed off overnight following a serious police incident
A local told BirminghamLive that emergency services had rushed to the scene. She said she saw "many police cars" as well as paramedics and a police helicopter.
Concerned residents posted on social media that police had been knocking on doors appealing for information. One wrote: "Police have been knocking on doors asking if anyone heard anything over the past two hours. They said [it was] a serious incident but couldn’t give details."
Another wrote: "I just went past on bus and it’s cordoned off - a house taped off too. Lots of people on the street and about five police cars."
According to one woman who lives near the cordoned-off property she found out about the incident on Facebook. She told BirminghamLive the street was sealed off when she got home at around 4pm but was able to get into her property through the back.
Detectives have launched a murder probe after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in the West Midlands ( Image: BPM Media)
While ambulances had left the scene by around 5pm, she said there was still a cordon and police officers present when she went to bed at around 10pm. She said the area, where she had lived for eight years, was “usually ok”
Anyone with information should contact police by calling 101, quoting log 3204 of 29/8/24. Alternatively, information can be given anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.