POLICE have confirmed they are searching an area of Bamber Bridge in connection with their investigation into a shooting in Accrington.

Dozens of officers were on the scene in Brookfield Place, in Higher Walton.

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Mark Walsh, 35, was shot in the head in an alleyway behind his end-terrace home in Maudsley Street on Monday.

Officers have confirmed they have also arrested a third man on suspicion of attempted murder. He is 20 and of no fixed address.

Two others are still being questioned by detectives.