Police were called to an ongoing disturbance at a house in Victoria Road, Headingley, shortly before 6.30pm yesterday
When officers arrived, they found a 35-year-old woman with serious injuries.
She was taken to hospital by ambulance for emergency treatment, but was pronounced dead a short time later.“I heard shouting - what sounded like a man and woman arguing then it all went quiet,” they told the YEP. Victoria Road and Kirkstall Road remain cordoned off by police as forensic examinations take place. Picture: James HardistyAnother neighbour detailed their shock at what had happened in what they described as an otherwise quiet area.Armed officers detained a 36-year-old man in Kirkstall Road, near Cardigan Fields leisure park, at about 8.30pm last night.Detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are leading the murder investigation.
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