People escaped serious injury and death this weekend after a house was “peppered” by shotgun fire.
Essex Police have appealed for information after the shotgun was fired at a property in View Close, Chigwell, just after 2am on Saturday (August 22).
The police were called after reports of a window being broken and the sound of gunshots.
The front of the house was “found to have been peppered with what is believed to be shotgun pellets” and spent shotgun cartridges were found nearby.
No one is believed to have been injured during the incident.
The area was cordoned off by police in the early hours of the morning but has now been reopened.
Anyone with information should officers at Loughton CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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