Kabukicho shooting case Suspected of helping escape Gangsters arrested October 10 13:03
In January, a former gangster who was arrested for firing a handgun at a karaoke store in Tokyo, Kabukicho and killing an acquaintance, was able to escape by providing an apartment after the incident. Four gang members were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department.
In January, at a karaoke store in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, a 65-year-old Korean member who was a former gangster was shot and killed, and former gangster Katsu Abe (56) was suspected of murder. Arrested and prosecuted.
Defendant Abe had escaped for more than five months after the incident, but from February to July, he received a request from Defendant Abe and sent it to a hotel in Nikko, Tochigi, and provided an apartment room. As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested four members, including Sumiyoshi-kai gang members, Hiroshi Kanai (54), for alleged confinement.
Two of the four people also provided escape vehicles that Abe used when his personality was secured.
Three of the suspects Kanai and others suspected the investigation, and one of them denied that they did not know.