Community in shock as man found dead in Sheffield flat block named locally

Detectives launched an investigation after a man’s death in Brimmesfield Close, Arbourthorne, in the early hours of this morning.

Paramedics were called after a man was found slumped outside a block of flats and he was pronounced dead a short time later.

A murder probe was launched when police arrived at the scene.

Today, he has been named locally as 54-year-old David Hawley.

One neighbour told BBC Sheffield: “He was a good friend and we’re so shocked.”

His death is being treated as suspicious and a 39-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder.

A police cordon is in place where the man’s body was found and officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries to find people who may have seen or heard anything suspicious.