A man has been arrested in connection with a street shooting in Colchester.

A local man, aged 40, was arrested on Monday night following Sunday night's incident in Magnolia Drive.

He has been released on bail pending further inquiries.

The victim, named today as unemployed Mark Lambert, 38, of Ipswich, was due to have a second operation to a gunshot wound in his left leg at Broomfield Hospital yesterday.

His condition is not life-threatening.

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