the shooting, but at this point, his motive remains unclear. the murder of a long time leader has stunned japan, a country where gun violence is virtually unheard of. a former adviser likens abe s assassination to that of jfk. president biden visited the japanese ambassador s residence to offer his condolences, and flags are half staff. let s bring in selina gomez. what more do we know about the suspect and the investigation. we learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting former prime minister shinzo abe. in terms of the motive, all we know is he holds a grudge against a specific organization and believe that former prime minister shinzo abe was a part of it. he is a 41-year-old unemployed man. former prime minister shinzo a bay was shot at 11:30 a.m. local time. he immediately collapsed. there was excessive bleeding. medical examiners say he died of excessive blood loss when he was pronounced dead at 5:00 p.m. local time. this sent shock waves across japan,
abe worked to create a balance in the world, and there s a photograph that we all remember from that fractious g7, president trump is cross armed, because he doesn t want to sign the end of this. where is prime minister abe. look at that photograph, abe is standing there in the middle, with his arms crossed, just like president trump, a nonverbal cue, i m with you. i m like you, got my arms crossed and he s got his head on one side, i m listening to you, angela merkel, he was in the middle between them, and i think he was able to straddle so many personal differences and it was to the strength of japan but to the strength of his allies, and that s why he and japan are so important to nato today, to the european union and to the united states, and to australia. really interesting. we ll look for that photo while we continue to talk so we can see exactly what you mean by that analysis, and so cecile, what changes now, how does the
one gun-related death. just one. most guns are illegal. they are incredibly difficult to come by. any potential buyer needs to go through extensive background checks, through a very long, lengthy process. it speaks volumes, the fact that this suspect used what authorities say was a home made gun. speaks volumes about the environment and the safety in japan, and also heartbreaking. alisyn. selina wang, thank you for all of that. let s bring in nic robertson, our cnn diplomatic editor, josh row rogan, cnn political analyst. and cecile shay at the chicago council of global affairs, and worked closely with abe, with the administration, i should say, during her time as a senior embassy official in tokyo. cecile, let me start there, and help us understand the shock waves that the world is experiencing today and why abe was such an important global