A MAN will appear in court in Southend today charged with possession of a firearm with intent to danger life.
He was one of nine people arrested after a handgun was fired outside a Southend nightclub.
Armed police swooped outside Talk nightclub, in Lucy Road, which had been holding a special garage night.
They had received reports of a man with a gun in the Seaway car park area who was believed to have fired shots at 2.45am on Sunday.
Officers immediately arrested a man and recovered a handgun which will now undergo tests.
Further arrests related to disorder among the large number of people leaving surrounding nightclubs.
Five people from the London area and one man from Harlow were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and remained in custody last night.
A juvenile and a 20-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of public order offences and were also being questioned by detectives.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for carrying a wheelbrace and received a caution. Some of the arrested men are believed to have been in Talk before the trouble started.
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