Police taped off an entire street and an air ambulance rushed to the scene after a suspected stabbing.
Cheshire Police rushed to Ellesmere Port town centre at around 5pm on Thursday, July 14, following reports of an incident on King Street and Worcester Walk. Pictures sent to The ECHO show around a dozen police cars responded to the incident, which saw a large part of Worcester Road, Worcester Walk and King Street taped off.
Eyewitnesses reported a young man was stabbed on Worcester Walk, but this has not yet been confirmed by Cheshire Police. An air ambulance landed in a nearby field along with multiple North West Ambulance Service vehicles.
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One eyewitness reported police were "everywhere" and a number of people ran over to help the man. A video seen by The ECHO shows the first police car arrive at the scene and officers running into Worcester Walk with medical equipment.
One woman said: "There was police and emergency service vehicles everywhere at around 5pm, an air ambulance landed and everything. A lad was stabbed by somebody.
"It’s awful when things like this happen, I just hope he is okay. Loads of people ran over to help him, then police wanted everybody back inside while they looked around."
Another person living on King Street said they asked police how the man was, they said: "Police came and knocked at my door before, and I asked them if the lad was okay. They told me he had injuries but was still breathing. I was so glad.
"It’s getting worse around here, we have had three bad stabbings in the last year. People used to get into fights and sort thing out, now it’s like everyone is carrying a knife and sort things out that way instead. I don’t know what’s going on with people today."
Another witness said they saw officers walking within the cordon "looking around". The woman said: "I heard this buzzing noise in the air and it was getting closer and closer, then I looked out of my window and saw the air ambulance landing on the field.
"Police taped off the whole area and were not letting anybody go through the tape. They were looking around, I think for evidence. They were knocking on peoples doors asking if they had information of CCTV."
The cordon was lifted at around 9pm, with a heightened police presence being seen in the area.
Cheshire Police were approached for an official statement on this incident.
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