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A large scale investigation is currently ongoing.
Police are appealing for witnesses when a man died after a serious assault in Trowbridge in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The victim and a male friend were in the Timbrell Street and Prospect Place area of the town when both were seriously assaulted by another man, this followed an altercation between the two men and the offender, who then ran off.
Police then received a call from the ambulance service just after 1.45am reporting that the two victims had been assaulted by another man. This report came in as the two were being treated for their injuries in the car park of Trowbridge's Community Hospital.
Sadly, one local man in his 20s died at the scene, the other local man received minor injuries.
Police are continuing their enquiries and are speaking to witnesses, looking at CCTV and forensic opportunities. A number of search teams are also being deployed in the town centre area.
The police need your help – they would like to speak to anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious in this area of Trowbridge around 1.45 on Sunday morning.
The police are putting on extra patrols in the area, you will see an increase in the number of police officers in town, please be assured that this is all part of the investigation in to this incident and to find the offender.
Police are running a major incident room at Trowbridge Police Station - so if you can help with enquiries please call via 101 or, if you don't want to be identified, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.