A number of witnesses tried to save lots of the person, who police described as of “excellent character”, however he died with a number of stab wounds earlier than emergency companies arrived.
The alleged attacker despatched a number of faculties close to the buying strip in Charlestown in Lake Macquarie into lockdown amid a manhunt that lasted about three hours about 9.50am at the moment.
The canine squad, police plane and officers from neighbouring police districts had been all referred to as in as officers established a criminal offense scene on the centre.
About 1pm, a 53-year-old man handed himself in to Newcastle police station, the place he was interviewed and later charged with homicide.
Detective Chief Inspector Scott Parker stated there was no indication the lads, each from the Lake Macquarie space, knew one another.
“It is clearly very tragic,” Parker stated this afternoon.
“The deceased man is a person of excellent character, and it appears a really random and mindless assault.”
He stated police had recovered a knife.
“Knife crime, it is clear it’s on the rise,” he stated.
“It is a concern for all society and clearly we enchantment to anybody, members of the general public which have witnessed this matter at the moment, that have not reported to police, to contact us.
“And clearly we’ll proceed our efforts to scale back the scourge of knife crime.”
The 53-year-old man was refused bail to face court docket tomorrow on expenses of homicide and assault.
