Another 50-year-old man then also found dead with knife wounds on a road about two miles away.
A van, stolen from the 50-year-old victim, was then driven at three people, leaving one critically injured in hospital.
The incident has shocked the city, particularly the student community, with Nottingham home to two universities with more than 50,000 students.
The University of Nottingham students were attacked as they returned home from a post-exam party, the Times reported.
Webber's parents said their son was "a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to".
Persons:
van, Kate Meynell, Meynell, Grace Kumar, Barnaby Webber, Webber's, Michael Holden, William James Our
Organizations:
British, Nottinghamshire, BBC, Nottingham, England's, University of Nottingham, Times, Thomson
Locations:
English, Nottingham, West, British