Gunman in Southend restaurant

ARMED police were called to a Southend restaurant following reports of a man with a gun.

Officers were called at about 8.50pm yesterday after a member of staff was threatened in the kitchen area of Salsa, in London Road.

A 38-year-old man was arrested and remains in police custody.

No weapon was recovered.

Comments(18)

Basildon.lad.21 says...
3:48pm Thu 18 Oct 12

So who made this call then seeing a man with a gun. Probably one of the Southend crackheads so high, then he thought a mans mobile phone was a gun.

firedog says...
4:01pm Thu 18 Oct 12

If you read it again you will see a member of staff was threatened,that might be a clue.

muffindamule says...
4:04pm Thu 18 Oct 12

I would have just left without leaving a tip.

Basildon.lad.21 says...
4:20pm Thu 18 Oct 12

firedog wrote:
If you read it again you will see a member of staff was threatened,that might be a clue.
So was the member of staff also doped up then? No gun was recovered.

Olivia2847 says...
4:30pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Basildon.lad.21 wrote:
firedog wrote:
If you read it again you will see a member of staff was threatened,that might be a clue.
So was the member of staff also doped up then? No gun was recovered.
Steady on tiger! What proof do you have?

Olivia2847 says...
4:30pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Basildon.lad.21 wrote:
firedog wrote:
If you read it again you will see a member of staff was threatened,that might be a clue.
So was the member of staff also doped up then? No gun was recovered.
Steady on tiger! What proof do you have?

Eric Whim says...
4:41pm Thu 18 Oct 12

maybe it was a spud gun

Shiwar says...
5:07pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Doubt the member of staff imagined it. Drugs or not it would have been a frightening experience. The scroat probably realised the police were on their way and lobbed the gun down the alley way next door.

We were in the restaurant opposite and felt the police handled it very well.

MitchLive says...
6:00pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Eric Whim wrote:
maybe it was a spud gun
Dave Hedgehog.

v.randy says...
6:21pm Thu 18 Oct 12

If it was a white stick the police could have tasered him...shame!

Lastlaugh.. says...
8:00pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Was it a vegetarian restaurant?

Some vegetables have a remarkable ability to look like what they are not!

Olivia2847 says...
9:11pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Lastlaugh.. wrote:
Was it a vegetarian restaurant?

Some vegetables have a remarkable ability to look like what they are not!
Rhubarb!

bumper says...
9:22pm Thu 18 Oct 12

guy was lucky the police norm shoot when you have not got a gun proven fact

Lastlaugh.. says...
10:51pm Thu 18 Oct 12

bumper wrote:
guy was lucky the police norm shoot when you have not got a gun proven fact
What if you have a load vegetable?

loonychoon says...
2:59am Fri 19 Oct 12

No gun and no-one got shot . Not the best story in the world.

snowbarney says...
8:22am Fri 19 Oct 12

These food and health inspectors are starting to crack down harder nowadays!

Samantha 1987 says...
2:12pm Fri 19 Oct 12

Basildon.lad.21 wrote:
So who made this call then seeing a man with a gun. Probably one of the Southend crackheads so high, then he thought a mans mobile phone was a gun.
Hello Bas lad.... (BASILDON) Well just says it all doesn't it really...... Yes it was a gun, no it wasn't a phone... Crackheads! HA HA HA some people need to think before they write.

Rochford Rob says...
2:41pm Fri 19 Oct 12

Samantha 1987 wrote:
Basildon.lad.21 wrote: So who made this call then seeing a man with a gun. Probably one of the Southend crackheads so high, then he thought a mans mobile phone was a gun.
Hello Bas lad.... (BASILDON) Well just says it all doesn't it really...... Yes it was a gun, no it wasn't a phone... Crackheads! HA HA HA some people need to think before they write.
So Miss Marple, you know where the gun is then, cos Plod doesn't .......

"No weapon was recovered."

And people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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