Fukushima: Man found with bullets and sword suspected in shooting death
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 26, 2021
FUKUSHIMA (TR) – A suspect in the fatal shooting of a man at a used car dealership in Sukagawa City on Monday night has been arrested, police said, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 25).
At around 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, police apprehended Katsuhisa Sato, of no known occupation, after he was caught trespassing into a residence in Sukagawa.
According to police, Sato, 60, was in possession of what appeared to be bullets and a Japanese sword at the time of his arrest.
Police are investigating whether Sato was behind the fatal shooting of Takeshi Sakuma, 37, at the dealership, which is located near the residence.
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Man shot dead in Japan s Fukushima Prefecture
A 37-year-old man was shot dead Monday at a used car dealership in Japan s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, police said.
The wife of the victim, identified as Takeshi Sakuma, called the police and reported that he appeared to have been shot while he was talking on the phone. Officers found Sakuma collapsed and bleeding from his head in a garage of the dealership in Sukagawa on Monday night, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Sakuma suffered a gunshot wound in the head and police have launched a murder investigation.
A woman living near the dealership told Kyodo News that she heard loud noises including gunshots at around 6:30 p.m., with police and ambulance vehicles arriving shortly thereafter.