Mairehau homicide victim named

Emergency services were called to a social housing complex on Innes Road in Mairehau at about 9...
Emergency services were called to a social housing complex on Innes Road in Mairehau at about 9.15pm Sunday. Photo: RNZ
Police have released the name of the man who died in Christchurch on Sunday night.

Tyrone Munns, 39, was found at a Mairehau flat on Innes Rd with critical injuries.

"Despite urgent treatment, he died at the scene," a police spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said a scene examination has been completed at the address.

The house is located in a block of flats which is part of a social housing complex.

Police are still working to determine the circumstances leading up to Munns' death.

"We are still looking to speak to anyone who may have heard or seen anything suspicious in Innes Rd between 8pm and 9.15pm on Sunday, 9 March."