A 55-year-old leader of a designated organized crime group who was wanted nationwide on suspicion of attempted murder for shooting and injuring a man in Miyata Village, Nagano Prefecture in September 2020 was arrested in Miyagi Prefecture early on the 1st. it was done.
The person arrested was Naruki Kanazawa, real name Naruki Kanazawa (55), an executive of the designated organized crime group Kizunai, whose residence and occupation are unknown.
According to police, in late September 2020, Kim allegedly shot a 51-year-old man in the armpit with a handgun, injuring him in a car parked in the parking lot of a restaurant in Miyata Village, Nagano Prefecture. , is suspected of attempted murder.
Police have not revealed whether the suspect was admitted or denied, as it would hinder the investigation.
Police had been investigating his whereabouts for more than three years with a wanted man across the country, but they arrested him in Sendai City in the early hours of the 1st based on an anonymous tip.
According to the police, he was alone in the house when he was arrested, and he admitted his identity to investigators when asked without much resistance.
A total of four people were arrested in connection with this incident for allegedly helping the suspect escape, but none of them were prosecuted.
Police are planning to investigate in detail the circumstances surrounding the incident and his life on the run.
Female witness: ``There was a loud noise''
In a photo taken just after 4 a.m. by a woman in her 30s who lives near the apartment complex in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai City, where the suspect is believed to have been taken into custody, the apartment complex appears to be illuminated by bright lights. You can see fire trucks and ambulances parked nearby.
The woman said, ``I heard a loud 'pang-pang' sound, so when I went outside the house, there was a commotion with emergency vehicles and smoke rising.Since yesterday, there were police officers with shields in front of the apartment complex. There were people standing there, and I thought something had happened. It's usually a quiet place, so it was scary."