A 72-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after shooting a security guard at a UFJ Bank branch here and trying to run away with a bag containing 50 million yen in cash, police said.
The suspect, who identified himself as Hiroshi Nakamura of Kobe, was subdued by another security guard at UFJ's Oshikiri branch in Nishi Ward.
According to police, Nakamura emerged from the shadows after waiting for a cash transport vehicle to reach the compound from a back entrance at around 10:30 a.m.
Security guard Satoshi Kitazawa, 55, who was standing at the side of the vehicle while another guard was removing cash from the vehicle, was shot in his legs.