A man was found dead at his home in Black Notley today after a shotgun went off.
Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene in Witham Road shortly before 7.30am.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We received a call from a member of the public and went to the house, where the body of a man believed to be in his 30s was found.
"We believe that a shotgun was used."
A post mortem examination will be carried out shortly and an inquest into the death will be opened.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
Published Thursday October 24, 2002
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