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6 June 2011
Last updated at 06:38 ET
A double murder inquiry has begun after the bodies of a woman and a child were found following a shooting incident in Essex.
Officers were called to reports of a firearms incident in Bartram Avenue, Braintree, shortly before 0300 BST.
A man is currently in hospital under police guard and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident, Essex Police said.
Police have not released details of how the woman and child died.
Essex Police said in a statement: "Officers were called to an address at Bartram Avenue, Braintree, in the early hours of today where they found the bodies of a woman and a child.
"Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are at the scene and inquiries are continuing into the circumstances leading up to this incident."
A spokeswoman for the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) said: "EEAS crews were called at 0316 BST to an address in Braintree to reports of serious injuries following a shooting incident.
"A woman and a child were found deceased on scene. A man was taken to hospital with injuries."
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Officers were called to reports of a firearms incident in Bartram Avenue, Braintree, shortly before 0300 BST.
A man is currently in hospital under police guard and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident, Essex Police said.
Police have not released details of how the woman and child died.
Essex Police said in a statement: "Officers were called to an address at Bartram Avenue, Braintree, in the early hours of today where they found the bodies of a woman and a child.
"Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are at the scene and inquiries are continuing into the circumstances leading up to this incident."
A spokeswoman for the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) said: "EEAS crews were called at 0316 BST to an address in Braintree to reports of serious injuries following a shooting incident.
"A woman and a child were found deceased on scene. A man was taken to hospital with injuries."
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