During Wednesday’s episode of a heartbreaking piece of breaking news was delivered. the presenter, announced during the latest headlines segment that a 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Jonathan Swain, the news correspondent, was live from Birmingham providing more details about the tragic murder of a 12-year-old boy. He commented: “Well, Charlotte, this is awful news, isn’t it? For people to wake up to yet another young life tragically lost because of knife crime.”
The ITV star informed viewers that the incident occurred as children were leaving school on Tuesday afternoon, just after 3:00pm. He added: “You can see the police are still on the scene here this morning.
The police tape, the police officer, and the police van. It happened just under that bridge over there. But, this did happen in a residential area, just take a look, families in this street here would’ve been well aware of what was going on.”
Good Morning Britain halted as Charlotte Hawkins delivers ‘tragic’ breaking news (Image: ITV)
Jonathan further reported that emergency services rushed to the scene on Tuesday afternoon following the incident. ITV viewers also discovered that an air ambulance had landed nearby, reports .
He continued: “The boy who was attacked sadly suffered serious injuries, and he died as a result of those, despite all the emergency services’ best efforts. The police, this morning, told us that now a 14-year-old, a 14-year-old boy, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.”
Jonathan urged locals to assist the police with any mobile phone footage, dashcam footage, or doorbell footage they might have. He then handed back to Charlotte in the studio, saying: “Charlotte, yet again, here we are, we have yet another investigation. Another crime scene and tragically another young life lost.”
Jonathan was live in Birmingham where the incident happened (Image: ITV)
Charlotte responded: “It’s sad, isn’t it?” Viewers of the show were quick to react to the breaking news announcement, with many expressing their condolences to the bereaved family.
One viewer expressed: “Heartbreaking.” Another commented: “Heartbreaking, what a scary world we live in. Thoughts with the family.”
West Midlands Police issued the following statement: “A boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in Birmingham.
“The boy, 14, was arrested after a 12-year-old boy was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane, Hall Green shortly after 3pm today (21 January). The 12-year-old was taken to hospital, but sadly died as a result of his injuries.
The 12-year-old boy died as a result of his injuries (Image: ITV)
“His family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. We are continuing to appeal for any information which could help in our investigation.
“We have set up our Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) where members of the public can submit photos or video evidence. Visit WMP Intranet – Home (mipp.police.uk) to access the MIPP or use the QR code below. Anyone with any other information can call 101 or use Live Chat quoting log 3324 of 21 January.”
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