POLICE have confirmed a man who was found dead at a Colchester flat died from a gun shot wound.
Armed police were called to Sussex Road shortly before 6pm yesterday.
About 45 minutes later paramedics were called to the scene. They brought the man out on a stretcher and treated him in the garden of the home before taking the body back inside.
It is understood the man shot himself.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We had taken steps earlier to locate the man following a telephone call from a relative expressing concerns for his welfare.
“The matter is currently under investigating, but no one else is being sought at this time.”
The man was found at the address with serious injuries to his stomach.
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