Man and young boy found dead in flat after ‘neighbours heard screaming and shouting’

A man and a young boy have been found dead in a flat in Paisley, Scotland, with neighbours reportedly hearing ‘screaming and shouting’ prior to the discovery.

Police are treating the deaths as ‘unexplained’.

Officers had responded to a report of concern for the pair at the property on Argyle Street at around 8pm on Monday evening and their bodies were found inside.

Investigators do not believe at this stage that anyone else was involved.

The post-mortem examinations will take place in due course. 

Pictured: Police at the scene. Officers had responded to a report of concern for the pair at the property on Argyle Street at around 8pm on Monday evening and their bodies were found inside

Witnesses have described seeing ambulance crews, as well as CID and forensic officers at the scene.

Forensics were being carried out until the following evening, with a tent erected outside the entrance. 

A local, who asked not to be named, told the Daily Record: ‘It was on Monday night, about 8pm.

‘We heard shouting and screaming, like a domestic. We never thought anything of it. But then it went quiet for a bit, about half an hour.

‘Then suddenly there were police and ambulances and a forensic tent.

‘There was a private ambulance and we saw the bodies being taken out to it.’

Pictured: Police at the scene. Investigators do not believe at this stage that anyone else was involved

Pictured: Police at the property on Argyle Street. The post-mortem examinations will take place in due course

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: ‘We received a report of concern for a man and a child at a property in Argyle Street, Paisley around 8pm on Monday, 15 May, 2023.

‘Officers attended and a man and a boy were found dead within the property.

‘The deaths are currently being treated as unexplained and post-mortem examinations will take place in due course.

‘At this time, we have no information to suggest anyone else has been involved.’