On the morning of the 26th, a police officer who rushed to a condominium in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama after receiving a report that there was a suspicious person was cut by a man in his 60s at the scene with a knife, and another police officer fired.
The man was arrested on the spot on suspicion of obstructing the execution of public affairs, but was injured and was being treated at the hospital.
Around 7 am on the 26th, the police were notified that there was a suspicious person at an apartment in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama.
When the chief police officer in his 20s at the Kohoku police station rushed to the scene, there was a man in the corridor of the condominium, and he cut it with the knife he had.
In response to the request for the support of the police officer, four more police officers rushed in, and the police officer in his thirties fired a pistol and hit a man.
According to police, the man was in his 60s and was arrested on the spot on suspicion of obstructing the execution of public affairs.
He was injured and is being treated at the hospital, but the extent of the injury is unknown.
In addition, the police chief in his twenties, who was cut off, was also slightly injured, so police are investigating the circumstances at the time of the shooting.
The site is a residential area about 500 meters northeast of Okurayama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line.
Resident of the condominium "I am surprised to shoot a pistol in such a familiar place"
A man in his 50s who lives in a condominium at the site said, "There was a person who was yelling at me, so I was wondering if someone would report it, but a policeman came and knocked on the iron door. I heard a "burn" sound. "
"The police officer seemed to be bleeding while holding his face in his hand. I was surprised because I didn't expect a pistol to be fired at such a close distance." I was talking.