Detective Superintendent Cheryl Kelly and Superintendent Christopher Stewart make an appeal for information after a 15 year old dies
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00:00Good afternoon, I'm Detective Superintendent Cheryl Kelly from Police Scotland's Major
00:04Investigations Team. About half past ten last night, police and Scottish Ambulance Service
00:10were called to an incident in Claredon Street in Glasgow. This was in response to a male
00:15who had been found injured. Sadly, a young 15-year-old boy died at the scene and this
00:22death is now being treated as suspicious. Whilst enquiries are at a very early stage,
00:29we have committed a significant resource to this investigation to establish the full
00:33circumstances surrounding this tragic death. I cannot confirm the identification of the
00:39young boy at this time, as formal identification is still to take place. However, what I will
00:45say is we have spoken to the boy's family and will continue to provide him with specialist
00:51support at this really distressing time. We've been gathering CCTV footage from the area
00:58and officers have been carrying out door-to-door enquiries in the local community. I would
01:03be keen to speak to anyone who has been in the area at this time last night or who has
01:10dash cam footage, private CCTV or ring doorbell footage or indeed any other information that
01:17could provide vital to this investigation. So I would encourage you to engage with our
01:22local officers who are currently at the scene, both detective and uniformed colleagues. I
01:27am confident that with the assistance of the local community, we will begin to understand
01:32what has taken place last night and has led to this really tragic death of this 15-year-old
01:37boy. Good afternoon, my name is Superintendent Chris Stewart from Greater Glasgow Policing
01:43Division. We understand that this incident will be very concerning to the local residents
01:49and indeed the wider local community. I would just like to give reassurance that we are
01:53doing everything we can, along with our detective colleagues, to establish the full circumstances
01:57of the incident. At this time, we very much believe that this is isolated. Local residents
02:04and the local community will see a visible police presence. I would ask them to approach
02:09these officers if they have got any concerns, if they have got any questions or indeed if
02:13they have any information about the incident or alternatively I would encourage them to
02:17call 101 and contact us at Police Scotland.