james gregoire, pictured, was killed following a late night 'altercation' in clacton, essex  a 21 year old man has been arrested after a man died following a late night brawl in clacton last night the suspect from clacton was arrested on suspicion of murder at 1140am he is being questioned in connection with the death of the man, who was named locally as james gregoire the 54 year old victim, known as 'pongo' was killed in what essex police are describing as 'an altercation' in the town officers have closed off a large area of clacton town centre as forensic specialists conduct a finger tipped search of the crime scene a second man was seriously injured in the brawl although his injures are not described as life threatening a third man suffered minor injuries it is understood that the brawl continued across the town until one man collapsed and died all of those involved in the incident are believed to be known to each other and are from the area a large area of clacton's town centre was cordoned off this morning as forensic officers conducted a full search of the scene looking for evidence the incident started at a property on high street before the brawl spread across the town mr gregorie's body was found in an alleyway between beach road and the town's covered market two of the major shopping roads in the town, station road and pier avenue have been closed as well as the alleyway where the body was found businesses in the area have been warned that large sections of the town will be closed for much of the day as the forensic investigation continues mr gregorie's son nathan posted a tribute on facebook: 'rip daddy i cnt believe ur gone i dnt know wat to say i ain't seen u in awhile ima miss u so f****** much love you forever and always' mr gregoire, was jailed for two years in february 2012 after he was caught trying to sell crack cocaine following an undercover police sting police believe mr gregoire was killed as a result of a brawl that carried on across clacton's town centre  essex police have closed off a large area of clacton's shopping district while forensic searches continue  forensic officers gathered evidence across a large area of clacton due to the size of the crime scene  superintendent steve ditchburn, who is leading the murder investigation said: 'unfortunately due to the large number of scenes and the extensive cordon day to day business in clacton town centre has been severely disrupted 'this is necessary to ensure as much early evidence is gathered as possible but we are working as quickly as we can to keep disruption to a minimum 'i would like to appeal to anyone who has information about the incident, saw any men in and around the rosemary road and station road areas of the town at around 1130pm last night, or who has any information which may assist detectives, to contact us as soon as possible' an essex police spokesman added: 'any witnesses or anyone who has information should contact detectives in clacton on 101 or crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111' mr gregoire's son nathan led tributes to his late father on his facebook page earlier this morning  police confirmed they arrested a 21 year old man earlier today on suspicion of mr gregoire's murder  sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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