Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was stabbed in Melbourne

Wyndham Vale stabbing: Tragedy as teen, 18, is killed during a street fight between two groups in Melbourne

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A teenager has been stabbed to death during a fight in Melbourne’s west, with detectives launching a homicide investigation to find his killer.

Police say two groups of people were involved in a physical altercation in Wyndham Vale about 9.45pm on Friday.

The fight is understood to have taken place on Butler Grove off Ribblesdale Avenue at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne’s outer southwest on Friday night. 

An 18-year-old local man died at the scene.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was stabbed in Melbourne

Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was stabbed in Melbourne

Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was stabbed in Melbourne

Homicide detectives are investigating but circumstances surrounding the incident have not yet been established and no one has been taken into custody.

It is believed the two groups are known to each other, police said. 

Anyone with information or footage of the fight is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

More to follow. 

A fight between two groups broke out in the about 9.45pm Friday and one pulled knife

A fight between two groups broke out in the about 9.45pm Friday and one pulled knife

A fight between two groups broke out in the about 9.45pm Friday and one pulled knife

The fight is understood to have taken place on Butler Grove (pictured) off Ribblesdale Avenue at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's outer southwest on Friday night

The fight is understood to have taken place on Butler Grove (pictured) off Ribblesdale Avenue at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's outer southwest on Friday night

The fight is understood to have taken place on Butler Grove (pictured) off Ribblesdale Avenue at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne’s outer southwest on Friday night