Police probe launched after man dies in alleged walkway stabbing in Shellharbour, NSW

A major police probe has been launched after a man died following an alleged stabbing - where he was found under a walkway.

Police are investigating the death of a man after he was stabbed and left to die.

Emergency services were called to a walkway under Shellharbour Rd, Dunmore, in the Shellharbour area – about 100km south of Sydney – following reports a man had been stabbed shortly before 3pm on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to the Shellharbour area following reports of the stabbing. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the man, however he died at the scene.

He is yet to be formally identified.

A crime scene has been established as police launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

The State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad is assisting in the investigation.