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Stourbridge stabbing: Suspect still being questioned | |
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Police are continuing to question a man after a mother and her 13-year-old son were killed and the woman's husband seriously injured in a stabbing attack. | Police are continuing to question a man after a mother and her 13-year-old son were killed and the woman's husband seriously injured in a stabbing attack. |
Peter and Tracey Wilkinson and their son, Pierce, were found with knife wounds in Stourbridge on Thursday morning. | Peter and Tracey Wilkinson and their son, Pierce, were found with knife wounds in Stourbridge on Thursday morning. |
The suspect, in his 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and wounding. | The suspect, in his 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and wounding. |
He is understood to be known to the victims, West Midlands Police said. | He is understood to be known to the victims, West Midlands Police said. |
Dashcam footage shows the moments the murder suspect tried to flee the scene in a Land Rover which was stolen from the house. | Dashcam footage shows the moments the murder suspect tried to flee the scene in a Land Rover which was stolen from the house. |
It shows officers chasing the car, which later crashed into a garden wall after it was rammed off the road by police in Norton Road about 30 minutes after the attack. | It shows officers chasing the car, which later crashed into a garden wall after it was rammed off the road by police in Norton Road about 30 minutes after the attack. |
Police said they understood the suspect may have been living at the address, although he was not a family relative. | Police said they understood the suspect may have been living at the address, although he was not a family relative. |
The 13-year-old boy and his mother were found in the house on Greyhound Lane, Norton, with critical stab wounds at about 08:00 BST. | |
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the teenager later died in hospital. | The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the teenager later died in hospital. |
Mr Wilkinson, managing director for manufacturer Hill & Smith Ltd, was found in the garden of the house. | |
He remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition with stab wounds to his chest and back. | He remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition with stab wounds to his chest and back. |
Peter Wilson, BBC Midlands Today special correspondent, said he understood the couple also have an older daughter who is attending university. | Peter Wilson, BBC Midlands Today special correspondent, said he understood the couple also have an older daughter who is attending university. |
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. | Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. |
In a statement, Redhill School in Stourbridge, where Pierce was a Year 8 pupil, described him as a "loyal, caring and conscientious pupil" who will be "sadly missed". | |
"He always met everyone with a smile and was a kind and thoughtful young man. He was passionate about his football team, West Bromwich Albion, and was devoted to his pet greyhound dog. | |
"He was a loving son and brother, out thoughts and prayers remain with his family, in particular his father Peter and his sister Lydia. | |
"Pupils and staff are in school today and are being offered professional help and counselling." | |
A neighbour of the victims described seeing two people being carried from the house on stretchers into ambulances after the "horrifying" incident. | A neighbour of the victims described seeing two people being carried from the house on stretchers into ambulances after the "horrifying" incident. |
Asked to describe the family, she said: "We just knew them as neighbours and asked how the kids were when we saw them in the street. | Asked to describe the family, she said: "We just knew them as neighbours and asked how the kids were when we saw them in the street. |
"They were just really, really friendly, they had lived there about seven or eight years and what has happened is just desperately sad." | "They were just really, really friendly, they had lived there about seven or eight years and what has happened is just desperately sad." |
A woman whose property backs on to the Wilkinsons' house told reporters she heard a man shouting in a neighbouring garden at about 08:00. | A woman whose property backs on to the Wilkinsons' house told reporters she heard a man shouting in a neighbouring garden at about 08:00. |
"It was definitely a man but I couldn't hear what was said. At the time I thought it was a workman," she said. | "It was definitely a man but I couldn't hear what was said. At the time I thought it was a workman," she said. |
Stourbridge MP Margot James said she knew of the family through the local Conservative association and said the community will do all it can to offer its support. | |
"My reaction is probably the same as everyone else in Stourbridge - absolute shock and horror that anything like this could happen in someone's normal day in my constituency. | |
"It is a truly tragic and awful event," she said. |