Gang-Related Shooting in Tokyo: Suspect Arrested for Violating Firearms Control Law

Gang-Related Shooting in Tokyo: Suspect Arrested for Violating Firearms Control Law
Gang-Related Shooting in Tokyo: Suspect Arrested for Violating Firearms Control Law

A man in his 50s, believed to be a gang member, was shot and killed in Machida City, Tokyo on the night of August 26. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect who turned himself in at a police station in Kanagawa Prefecture. The suspect was carrying a gun and is being investigated for violating the Firearms Control Law. Prior to his surrender, the police station received a phone call informing them about the suspect’s intention to report to the station in relation to the shooting incident. The victim was shot multiple times near a coffee shop in the JR Machida Station terminal building and was pronounced dead about an hour and a half later. The shooter initially attacked the victim inside the coffee shop and then pursued him outside, firing more shots. Both the shooter and another individual fled the scene in a white car. The Metropolitan Police Department is currently searching for the second individual involved. The suspect, identified as Makoto Sasaki, a 58-year-old resident of Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested for possessing a gun. The police will further investigate the connection between Sasaki and the shooting incident.

Japanese translation

“東京で暴力団絡みの発砲事件: 銃刀法違反で容疑者を逮捕 “

26日夜、東京都町田市で暴力団関係者とみられる50代の男性が撃たれ、死亡した。警視庁は、神奈川県内の警察署に出頭してきた容疑者を逮捕した。容疑者は拳銃を所持しており、銃刀法違反の疑いで捜査している。自首に先立ち、警察署には、発砲事件に関連して容疑者が出頭する意向であることを知らせる電話があったという。被害者は、JR町田駅ターミナルビルの喫茶店付近で複数回撃たれ、約1時間半後に死亡が確認された。犯人は最初、喫茶店内で被害者に襲いかかり、その後、外に追いかけてさらに発砲した。犯人と別の人物はともに白い車に乗って現場から逃走しました。警視庁は現在、2人目の関係者の行方を追っています。出頭してきた容疑者は佐々木誠容疑者(58歳、神奈川県愛甲郡愛川町在住)と判明し、拳銃所持の容疑で逮捕されました。警視庁は、佐々木容疑者と発砲事件との関連について、さらに捜査を進めている。

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