A heartbroken friend of a doorman who was stabbed to death has spoken of how he cradle him in his arms as he lay dying. Danny Fox, 29, was knifed to death outside a bar in St Helens, Merseyside, in the early hours of this morning. A pal who was with the off-duty doorman told the Liverpool Echo1 he had been trying to protect his friends when he was attacked.
Police are understood to be closing in on a suspect. The friend, who asked not to be named, described events leading up to the stabbing, when Mr Fox was approached for a cigarette.
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He said: There was an altercation in the street.
Tributes have been paid to the tragic 29-year-old
Foxy and his friends were on a night out and I was at work, but had just come to meet them.
I was a little bit further behind the group and this lad approached us.
Something was said and there was some pushing.
Me, Danny and another guy walked towards the lad and Danny was in front of us.
One of the lads who was with us pushed into the man and he pulled out the knife.
There was a girl screaming, I think she must have been screaming because she had seen the knife.
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Danny tried to tackle the lad but he ran towards Danny and just stabbed him. He stabbed him in plain view, right in the middle of the street. The attack happened at around 3.20am.
Mr Fox lived locally and was a doorman for bars around St Helens and provided security at St Helens Rugby Club, according to friends. He had been out celebrating a friend s birthday. Mr Fox s friend told how he tried to chase after the attacker.
Grieving pals have laid floral tributes at the scene
He said: I tried to run after the lad, but he escaped down an alleyway and I couldn t get him, so I went back to Danny.
Danny approached me and said: I ve been stabbed .
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I grabbed hold of him and we sat down.
I took off my top and wrapped it up to try and put pressure on the wound.
I tried to stop the bleeding, but it was too late.
His t-shirt was soaked with blood.
Police are believed to be closing in on a suspect
We called an ambulance. Then that was it.
He was on a night out, and he was helping his friends, and he lost his life over it. One of the bars Mr Fox worked at was Dreem Bar, on Westfield Street. Staff at the bar paid tribute to one of the most adored and best door lads in town.
He had also appeared on E4 show ‘Tattoo Fixers’. The staff are raising money for Mr Fox s family on September 10 and his group of friends are also hoping to fundraise. His friend added: Everyone loved him.
He just wanted to entertain people.
He was just a joker – the joker of the group and the nicest fella you could ever meet.
I can t believe he is dead. A police spokesman said there was believed to have been a verbal altercation between two groups outside Bar 44 on Westfield Street. A large police cordon in the town centre, stretching from the Sport Direct car park to the Cineworld on Water Street, has been put in place to cover the area of the pursuit.
Searches at the scene are continuing as officers try to find the murder weapon.
Detectives are appealing for anyone who has any information about this incident to contact St Helens CID on 0151 777 6881, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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