A man is due in court today charged with murder after a Southend shooting.
Michael Strudwick, 33, of Sutton Road, Southend is due to appear at Southend Magistrates Court today charged with murder and possession of a firearm.
Emergency services were called to an address in Sutton Road shortly after 7.20pm on Sunday, January 13 where they found a woman and a man with facial injuries.
It is understood both had been shot.
The woman, who has provisionally been identified as 40 year-old Christy Walshe from Southend, was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition and, sadly, died yesterday.
Michael Strudwick was taken to hospital for treatment but has since been discharged.
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