Overview
- Officers were called at about 3.45pm to reports that two people had been stabbed during an altercation at the park on Ringway in the Briar Hill area.
- A man in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene and a teenage boy remains in hospital in a critical condition, according to Northamptonshire Police.
- Four people—two teenage boys, a man and a woman, all from Northampton—have been arrested and are in custody as part of a murder investigation.
- Detective Chief Inspector Torie Harrison of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit said a dedicated team is working at pace and offered condolences to the families.
- A police cordon remains in place with several roads affected, and detectives are appealing for witnesses and for CCTV, doorbell or mobile‑phone footage to be submitted to the force.