{"id":928390,"date":"2026-04-30T11:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/928390\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:05:25","slug":"man-dies-in-major-police-scene-in-cheetham-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/928390\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in major police scene in Cheetham Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cordon and forensic tent was put in place outside a block of flats this morning<\/p>\n<p>10:58, 30 Apr 2026Updated 11:32, 30 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A police scene on Lord Street in Cheetham Hill\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_JRP_MEN_300426_police_003JPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A police scene on Lord Street in Cheetham Hill\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A police scene on Lord Street in Cheetham Hill(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has sadly died following an incident in Cheetham Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police were called to a flat block on Lord Street, at the junction with Red Bank, at around 4am this morning (Thursday, April 30). Officers were alerted over &#8216;reports of a concern for welfare&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tragically, a man aged in his 30s was sadly pronounced dead on the scene. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/cheetham-hill-police-incident-live-33863259\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">A cordon was put in place on the street<\/a> and a forensic tent was erected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Investigations were carried out on the scene this morning within the cordon. A <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> spokesperson said they are not believed to any suspicious circumstances surrounding the man&#8217;s death at this stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A police forensic tent on Lord Street\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_JRP_MEN_300426_police_007JPGjpgUK1127648819.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A police forensic tent on Lord Street\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A police forensic tent on Lord Street(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One local resident said she was woken by noise in the flat block at around 2am. She then heard more noise at around 4am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I went out and the ambulance and police were there&#8221;, she told the M.E.N. &#8220;They were there from 4 in the morning until about 9 o&#8217;clock. It&#8217;s so sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: &#8220;We responded to an address on Red Bank, Manchester following reports of a concern for welfare at around 4am this morning (30\/04\/26). Officers attended and despite best efforts of emergency services, a man aged in his 30s was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cordon and forensic tent was put in place outside a block of flats this morning 10:58, 30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,1849,393,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-928390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cheetham-hill","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116493335374274022","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}