Police continue to question teenager over fatal stabbing at Sheffield school

Police are continuing to question a teen aft a 15-year-old lad died successful a stabbing onslaught astatine a Sheffield school.

The victim, named successful reports arsenic Harvey Willgoose, was stabbed astatine All Saints Catholic High School successful Granville Road successful the metropolis astatine astir 12.17pm connected Monday.

Officers and paramedics were called, but the teen died soon afterwards, constabulary confirmed.

Tributes poured successful astatine the country and connected societal media connected Monday, with flowers, candles and balloons laid connected a partition extracurricular the school.

A pupil astatine All Saints Catholic High School who came to basal extracurricular the schoolhouse to wage tribute said it was “such a shock” to perceive what had happened.

Tonight a young lad should beryllium returning to the emotion and information of his family. We basal and enactment unneurotic against the devastating consequences of weapon crime, truthful nary much families cognize this tragic loss

Sir Keir Starmer

The 17-year-old said: “He was specified a beauteous lad, helium was cheeky, but was lovely.

“He would marque your time amended proceeding him down that hallway. You didn’t person to personally cognize him to beryllium upset.

“Teachers loved him, students loved him, everyone loved him.

“I’ve been astatine the schoolhouse for 7 years present and thing similar this has ever, ever happened.”

The teen described the infinitesimal the “lockdown alarm” went off, the doors were locked and the blinds were closed by teachers, which helium said was “crazy”.

A enactment near with flowers extracurricular the schoolhouse paid tribute to the boy, calling him the “life of the party” with a “bubbly personality”.

“You’ll beryllium missed by many. You beauteous boy. Forever 15,” the enactment read.

Others mourning the boy’s decease gathered extracurricular Sheffield United’s stadium successful Bramall Lane.

We impulse you to beryllium mindful that determination are loved ones astatine the centre of this and they are grieving the profound nonaccomplishment of a teenage lad successful the astir devastating of circumstances

Lindsey Butterfield, South Yorkshire Police

A 17-year-old, who studies astatine a section college, heard the quality done friends and said the lad who died was a instrumentality of Sheffield United.

He said: “I’m a spot upset to beryllium honest, it came arsenic specified a shock.

“He seemed rather a blessed feline and a bully feline to beryllium around.”

Assistant Chief Constable Lindsey Butterfield told a quality league connected Monday afternoon: “We cognize that what has happened volition origin important distress and concern.

“I would similar to reassure you that our officers volition stay connected country and successful the section country to connection reassurance to parents, unit and section residents arsenic our probe continues.

“Although we are successful the aboriginal stages of our inquiries, we are moving astatine gait to physique a afloat representation of however this calamity has unfolded.

“We impulse you to beryllium mindful that determination are loved ones astatine the centre of this and they are grieving the profound nonaccomplishment of a teenage lad successful the astir devastating of circumstances.

“We would truthful inquire you to debar speculation and the sharing of online contented which could beryllium distressing to them and detrimental to our investigation.”

Police continued to impulse radical to debar the country and said Granville Road remains closed from the tram halt to Fitzwalter Road.

Sir Keir Starmer, who was successful Brussels astatine a meal with EU leaders, said his “heart goes out” to the household of the victim.

In a statement, the Prime Minister said: “It is horrific and senseless quality that a lad has died aft a stabbing successful Sheffield.

“Our schools should beryllium places of information and learning, not unit and fear. My Government is perfectly committed to tackling weapon transgression truthful young radical are harmless connected our streets and successful our schools.

“Tonight a young lad should beryllium returning to the emotion and information of his family.

“We basal and enactment unneurotic against the devastating consequences of weapon crime, truthful nary much families cognize this tragic loss.”

Police inquire anyone with accusation which could assistance their probe to telephone 101 quoting incidental fig 327 of February 3 2025.