In the case of a man believed to be associated with an organized crime group in his 26s who was shot and killed with a handgun in Machida City, Tokyo on the night of the 50th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect who appeared at a police station in Kanagawa Prefecture with a handgun on suspicion of violating the Firearms and Swords Law.
The police station received a call in advance saying that they would report to the shooting incident, so the Metropolitan Police Department is also investigating the connection to the shooting incident in detail.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a man believed to be in his 26s was shot with a pistol near a coffee shop in the terminal building of JR Machida Station in Machida City, Tokyo around 7:50 p.m. on the 1th, and was confirmed dead about one and a half hours later.
The man is believed to be related to an organized crime group and has been confirmed after being shot at least three times in the chest.
The man who is believed to have attacked the man is believed to have fired at the man in the coffee shop, chased the man who fled outside the shop, and then fired a handgun.
Two people were fleeing from the scene in a white car, and the Metropolitan Police Department was investigating their whereabouts, but about four hours after the incident, at around 3:2 p.m. on the 4th, a man with a handgun appeared at a police station in Kanagawa Prefecture and was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of violating the Firearms and Swords Law.
The suspect arrested was Makoto Sasaki (26), whose occupation is unknown in Aikawa Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, who testified that he was definitely in possession of a handgun.
The police station received a call in advance saying that they would report to the shooting incident, so the Metropolitan Police Department is also investigating the connection to the shooting incident in detail.