The man who died in the early hours of this morning has now been formally identified as David James McMillan, 41.
A 28-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in custody for police questioning.
The incident happened around 2.00am at Kensington Avenue.
A Home Office post-mortem is due to take place.
Detective Superintendent Joanne Rawlinson of GMP’s Public Protection Division, said: “This is a tragic incident, resulting in a man losing his life and my thoughts are with his family at this time.
“We have a team of experienced officers working to determine the exact circumstances that led to the man’s death and I would ask anyone with information to get in touch.”28-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Royton last night.
Police were called shortly before 2.05am by the ambulance service to Kensington Avenue, where a man was being treated by paramedics.He was taken to hospital where he sadly died.
Police have now identified him as
A 28-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in custody for police questioning.
Detective Superintendent Joanne Rawlinson of GMP’s Public Protection Department, said: “This is a tragic incident, resulting in a man losing his life and my thoughts are with his family at this time.
“We have a team of experienced officers working to determine the exact circumstances that have led to the man’s death and we have a person in custody.We are however, still in the early stages of the investigation and I would ask anyone with information to get in contact.”
The 28 year old remains in police custody for questioning.
