Overview
- Police were called at around 4pm on Saturday after reports that a man had fallen from a building on Charles Street and a deceased man was later found at the scene.
- Greater Manchester Police are treating the death as unexplained and say enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing.
- A large emergency response remained in place with armed officers, multiple police vehicles, CSI vans and a blue forensic tent as a cordon and road closures affected the area.
- The Maldron Hotel on Charles Street was evacuated and some guests were briefly allowed back only to retrieve belongings while they were not permitted to remain in the building.
- No formal identification or further details have been released by police and investigators say they will continue forensic work and enquiries in the coming days, which may cause ongoing local disruption.