TRIBUTES have been paid to a 15-year-old who was stabbed to death in Bolton in the early hours of yesterday. Detectives were still hunting the killer of the teenager, named locally as Reece Tansey, as The Bolton News went to press. Police say the victim had knocked on doors in Walker Avenue, Great Lever, appealing for help before he collapsed. The 15-year-old Harper Green School pupil was taken to hospital but died from his injuries later. Balloons were released in Reece’s memory by his young friends at Harper Green field last night. Earlier a flood of tributes had been left on social media by friends and relatives, alongside heartfelt pleas for young people not to carry knives.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 15-year-old who was stabbed to death in Bolton in the early hours of yesterday. Detectives were still hunting the killer of the teenager, named locally as Reece Tansey, as The Bolton News went to press. Police say the victim had knocked on doors in Walker Avenue, Great Lever, appealing for help before he collapsed. The 15-year-old Harper Green School pupil was taken to hospital but died from his injuries later. Balloons were released in Reece’s memory by his young friends at Harper Green field last night. Earlier a flood of tributes had been left on social media by friends and relatives, alongside heartfelt pleas for young people not to carry knives.
1/1 Residents and the community in Great Lever have reacted with shock to a stabbing that has left a 15-year-old boy dead. Police were called to Walker Avenue in Great Lever around 4:43 this morning to reports of a stabbing. Reece Tansey, 15, was quickly taken to hospital but died from his injuries, with friends paying tribute to him on social media. A large police cordon was set up around Walker Avenue and surrounding roads, with residents left in shock when they awoke in the morning. Arshad Mahmood, 48, who lives on Royland Avenue just metres away from the incident, said: I feel so sad for his parents, he was so young.