We ask for the space and privacy to navigate this incredibly difficult time."Briannan created a public Facebook page in his memory, where she said her heart would forever ache knowing that he was gone.

A 16-year-old boy is dead and a 15-year-old is on the run after a fatal stabbing in front of school holiday lunch crowd in Melton.

It's understood the 16-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times near the food court at Woodgrove Shopping Centre in Melton West.

A teenage boy has died after he was stabbed at a Melton West shopping centre on Tuesday morning. Police and paramedics were called to an outdoor food court at Woodgrove Shopping Centre, in High Street,