Overview
- Police were called to London Road shortly before 4pm on Saturday, where a 16-year-old was found with stab wounds and later died at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
- The victim has been named locally as Shayne Hambakachere, a Hardenhuish School pupil, with his family paying tribute to an ambitious and hardworking teenager.
- Wiltshire Police have opened a murder investigation with scene cordons, enhanced patrols in Chippenham, and an appeal for witnesses and CCTV via a Major Incident Public Portal.
- Mourners are asked to leave flowers and messages at Hardenhuish School for a memorial tree rather than at the London Road scene.
- Legal reporting restrictions mean the charged boy cannot be named, and police say he was initially arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm before being re-arrested on suspicion of murder.