AN eyewitness has spoken of the moment he saw police reacting to a suspected murder in Ilkeston.
Police were called to Charlotte Street at 5.35am this morning after reports of an armed robbery.
A short time later, officers received calls to say two men had been stabbed at a nearby address in the same street.
One of the men, a 30-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second man was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham with life-threatening injuries.
Officers have since arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
Kevin Kinzer lives near where the incident occurred. The 52-year-old said he had only moved into his house three weeks ago.
He said: "My girlfriend was woken up first and she was looking out the window.
"I could hear the police shouting that they were trying to get in and, just as I got to the window, they smashed the door down with a battering ram.
"The police all rushed in and then I heard them shouting.
"Not long after that, another ambulance came and a man who looked like he was in his 30s was wheeled out with an oxygen mask on.
"The person I am most worried about is the woman who lives there. I have seen her a couple of times but nothing has been said about her.
"I actually thought that it was her that had been stabbed. She is between 40 and 50 but I haven't seen anything of her.
"It's a bit of a shock but I'm not leaving the area. It's a lovely area and you always get bad people wherever you are."
