A man has died after he was found seriously injured on a street in Oldham in the early hours of the morning.
Greater Manchester Police were called at around 4.20am on Thursday (12 January) to reports of concern for the welfare of a man outside Mevagissey Walk in the Greenacres area.
When officers arrived, the man had serious injuries and blood on his hands, face and bare feet. The 49-year-old was taken to hospital and left in a critical condition, but passed away on Saturday (14 January).
A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and has since been released on police bail.
Enquiries suggest that the victim may have been drinking in local pubs earlier in the day but GMP say his movements in the hours leading up to being found are unclear at this time.
Officers are urging the public to come forward if they were in the area that evening and may have seen the victim, any suspicious behaviour or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage.
Detective Chief Inspector Benjamin Cottam, of GMP's Oldham, said: "Firstly, our thoughts are with the victim’s family of what I know will be a difficult time. Our specialist officers are currently supporting the victim’s family and we are ensuring we exhaust every possible line of enquiry to understand what happened that evening.
"Whilst we are not certain there is any form of criminality in this case, we cannot rule this out. We are looking at every possible scenario that could have taken place that evening and we need your help to piece together a chain of events.
"We need members of the public to come forward with any CCTV, dash cam footage from that area that evening, if you saw anything suspicious, witnessed any form of assault or have any information no matter how small it may seem, it could have a huge impact on our investigations."
Anyone with information at all is asked to call 101 or submit it online at www.gmp.police.uk, quoting log 343 of 12/01/2023.
Alternatively, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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