Lismore residents rattled after man fatally stabbed, two injured

Police have set up a crime scene at a Northern NSW home as they investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal incident.

A crime scene has been established at a Lismore home after a fatal stabbing overnight.

The abrupt death of a 24-year-old man in Lismore overnight has left a peaceful neighbourhood bewildered.

Stephen Layton, who lives behind the scene in Clyde Street said the incident was “out of the blue”.

“I’m totally shocked,” he said.

“It was a surprise when I heard the ruckus that was going on last night.”

Mr Layton said the family caught up in the incident were usually quiet.

He was “very, very surprised” by the incident.

“Two young guys from across the road came over and managed to get in, drag them out and had them on the grass,” he said.

It’s believed that pair were rendering assistance to the victims.

Neighbour, Stephen Layton said he was “shocked” by the event in Lismore last night.

Emergency services were initially called to a McKenzie Street home in response to reports of concern for a person’s welfare about 11.10pm on Friday.

Police and other emergency services arrived at a home on McKenzie Street to find three people suffering stab wounds.

Paramedics attended to a 24-year-old man but due to the severity of his injuries, he died at the scene.

Another man, aged 60, was treated for a laceration to his neck while a woman in her 30s was treated for laceration to her arm.

They were transported to Lismore Base Hospital for treatment.

Neighbours living across the road who asked to remain anonymous said they heard children crying.

The McKenzie Street home where police say a man was fatally stabbed and two others were injured on Friday night.

“Then we saw the police cars and ambulance, there were many ambulances,” one woman said.

“One of them was taken to one ambulance and then police shut off the lights on one ambulance.

“We didn’t know until the morning when someone came around knocking on doors to tell us a man had died.”

Police have said the 24-year-old and the injured pair were all known to each other.

It is understood the injured 60-year-old and the deceased man are father and son.

Next door neighbour Geoff Lindsay said family had been in their rental for about 18 months.

“We’ve never really heard anything, nothing unusual,” he said.

“No disturbances or anything.

A crime scene remained in place at the Lismore home on Saturday morning.

“I mean, I quite often tried to strike up a conversation with them and they weren’t really interested so I let it be.

“We’re used to saying g’day to everyone.

“We’ve been here now 36 years and things have changed a fair bit in that time.

“Every now and then you‘ll see a paddy wagon across the street but other than that it’s quiet.”

Officers attached to Richmond Police District established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.