Armed police sent to reports of gunshots at a Southend-on-Sea home on Saturday arrived to discover the noise had come from a video game.
Firearms officers wearing balaclavas – including one wielding a chainsaw – were called at around 3.35pm with paramedics and an air ambulance after a member of the public reported gunshots and a shout of ‘I’ve been shot’ from a flat.
But responders, who were prepared to force entry into the home, found the noise
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