Man's death being treated as murder in Tamworth

Police confirm the prime suspect in the Tamworth murder has been flown to hospital

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00:00About 4.30pm yesterday, police from the Oxley Police District were required to attend a

00:24arrest in Tamworth.

00:25There they were presented with a 47-year-old male who had suffered significant injuries.

00:30Police then went to apprehend a 54-year-old male.

00:33He barricaded himself in that house, then made access to the roof of that house.

00:38After negotiations between police and that male, he was then detained after coming down

00:43from the roof.

00:44That 54-year-old male was arrested and he's in custody for the murder of that male that

00:49has passed away.

00:50The 54-year-old male, Tamworth Richard, who is known to police, he remains in hospital

00:57with self-inflicted wounds that are believed not to be life-threatening.

01:01Unfortunately, the 47-year-old male that was located in that house, he was taken to hospital

01:04but pronounced deceased at the hospital.

01:07Inquiries from Oxley Police District and the State Crime and Promotion Homicide Squad under

01:11Strike Force Elsner are looking into the circumstances of what actually led to that

01:15incident and if there's subsequent issues with that.

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