A St Matthews community leader has urged residents to give information to police after a teenager was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of man found injured in a street.
Jean Williams, chairperson of the St Matthews Tenants Association, asked people to speak to officers after police appealed for help after the fatality.
A 17-year-old was arrested yesterday evening after a man was found seriously injured near to the junction of Wharf Street North and St Matthews Way in St Matthews.
Police said they were called to the scene at 3.10pm and immediately cordoned the area off.
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Ms Williams said: "This is a terrible thing to happen. My thoughts are with the parents of the dead man.
"I would appeal to anyone in the area to talk to the police if they saw anything or know anything about this.
"We are not used to this sort of thing happening on our estate. We as a community must help the police bring whoever did this to justice."
Ms Williams said a lack of funding had left the youth with nothing to do and nowhere to go.
She said: "Young people feel abandoned these days. They feel like no-one cares about them, so they don't care about themselves.
"If they don't have jobs or places to go then they will hang about on the streets.
"We have no idea who the person who attacked this man is. He could have come onto the estate and is not a local person.
"But I would urge any local person who has knowledge about the incident to call the police."