Police arrested a 58-year-old man Saturday following a fatal shooting the previous night in the city of Machida, western Tokyo.
Makoto Sasaki was arrested at a police station in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of possessing a revolver in violation of the Firearms and Sword Control Law at around 1 a.m. Saturday. Sasaki, a resident of the town of Aikawa in Kanagawa, has admitted to the charges, investigative sources said.
He appeared with a gun at the police office around 11:30 p.m. Friday after the Kanagawa Prefectural Police received a report that someone would surrender to police over the incident in Machida.
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, which is investigating the case, believes that the gun was used in the incident in which a man in his 50s, who was apparently linked to a criminal group, was shot dead near Machida Station around 7:40 p.m. Friday.
The victim was apparently shot at least three times, including in the abdomen and neck, and died after escaping from a restaurant where he was initially shot. After the incident, two men fled the scene in a white car.
The restaurant is in a facility adjacent to the train station and many people were in the vicinity at the time. No one else was injured in the incident.