Man shot in head with airgun (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)

Man shot in head with airgun

9:45am Thursday 1st July 2010

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A 63-year-old man has been shot in the head with an air pistol pellet in Jaywick.

The man was shot in the forehead at the junction of Broadway and Beach Way at noon yesterday.

He was taken to Colchester General Hospital by paramedics and treated, before being discharged.

PC Stephen Cross said: “We believe there was an individual who had been firing pellets at various stages of Wednesday morning as this man’s car also sustained damage consistent with being hit by a pellet.

“The man didn’t report this to us until he himself was injured.

"We’re appealing for anyone who saw a boy or a man firing an air gun in the area to contact us.”

Anyone with information should call Clacton police station on 0300 333 4444.

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