The president of the nationwide Ohsho "gyoza" (dumpling) restaurant chain was gunned down Thursday morning in front of the company's headquarters in Kyoto, police said.
Takayuki Ohigashi, 72, the head of Ohsho Food Services, which runs the Gyoza no Ohsho chain, was shot in a parking lot in front of the headquarters in Yamashina Ward, the police said. The unidentified shooter fled.
Ohigashi was bleeding from several gunshot wounds when an employee found him lying face down at around 7 a.m., the city fire department said.