Denny's shooting suspect found dead in car in Chiba
CHIBA —
The suspect in the shooting of a former gang member at a Denny’s restaurant in Chiba Prefecture on Monday was found dead in a car in Kujukuri town, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday morning. Police said he had apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot, TBS reported.
The man was identified as Chong Yong Bom, 65, a gang member wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 62-year-old Yoshiaki Furukawa in the Denny’s restaurant at the Toganei bypass at 10 a.m. on Monday. Chong fled in a car after the shooting.
According to TBS, a passerby saw Chong slumped in the car in a parking lot at about 7 a.m. and called police. An automatic gun was found on the seat beside him. Police verified his identity from fingerprints. A police spokesman said early indications are that Chong shot himself in the head.
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Elbuda Mexicano
Sounds very sad but he did the best thing for all of us and for his North Korean relatives here in Japan, I was worried he would try to escape to the North Korean University in my part of Tokyo.
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GW
2 for 1
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Dog
If he had been the victim, the police would have used his Japanese name Tomio Ishikawa.
That's what you get for being a criminal... foreignized.
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Nessie
Whoa, Elbunda; you're letting the Norcs off too light. I was worried he would try to buy some North Korean shochu, play pachinko at a North Korean pachinko parlor, have yakiniku, and develop North Korean nuclear weapons before kidnaping my Korean Jindo dog to North Korea.
What'd I miss?
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my2sense
nessie...classic.
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gyouza
I'm assuming a lot, I know, but it doesn't sound too much like suicide:
Fact I know - he was in a K-car light van. K-car seats are very narrow, no room for a person AND somethnig else.
Assumption - he was found in drivers seat dead (assuming he drove somewhere, and pulled trigger). Assumption - he is right handed (just guessing)
If he shot himself in the head, his arm would have fallen back down to his right (both by natural linkages in his arm and also by recoil of the gun), which means it would be on his lap or in the space between the seat and drivers door. However, the gun was found "on the seat next to him" which suggests it was to his left. Either he is left handed (no reason to belive he isn't) or someone "helped" him! Or he wasn't in the driving seat, in which case, why?
Not a nice way to go btw.
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nukeprotest
There is a big difference between suicide and suicided, but its just one letter to a J-cop so I don't expect an in depth investigation when they could be warm in snug in the police station instead.
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TrentonGaijin
Not very prosperous gangsters if they're eating at Denny's....
"former gang member"- one of those "you can join, but you can't quit" deals?
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mtwildman
Law of the "jungle"...if he didn't whack himself somebody from his outfit would have done it for him!
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Ewan Huzarmy
Job-went-wong ?
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cracaphat
As is common knowledge:Dead men tell no tales.
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tmarie
Suicide? Doubt it. Get CSI on the case!
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Fadamor
If they went so far as to stage the suicide, I doubt they left much for CSI to uncover that would point to anything OTHER than a suicide.
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gelendestrasse
I doubt the police are much interested if it wasn't a suicide. Two dead yaks, all with a nice bow on it. Why cause trouble?
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MeanRingo
"Why cause trouble?"
Because enquiring minds want to know. Really though, was it your typical "I lived above him and he made too much noise, so I killed him." or something more intriguing. Somebody get to the bottom of this so I can get on to the next show.
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Wanda-kun
tmarieFeb. 17, 2012 - 12:25AM JST Suicide? Doubt it. Get CSI on the case!
I assume you're joking as the Japanese police aren't trained in crime scene investigation same as they are disinclined to have autopsies performed - might mean they'd have to do actual police work.
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supermonk7
All wrapped up in a neat little package.
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ebisen
Self inflicted... Yeah right..... the yaks would not live up to their own reputation if they would let the hitter walk free...
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Mirai Hayashi
revenge is a bitch aint it?
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7solace9
Guilt can do that. I have seen it first hand before.
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Elbuda Mexicano
Suicide? His own yakuza helped him out? Any 2 scums are dead more dead the better in my book, when it comes to scum yakuza.
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Al Stewart
can someone say "set up"
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sunhawk
me thinks his bosses cleaned up after them selves
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lostrune2
Haha, sure, shot himself. Probably someone just want to shut him up.
What's an automatic gun? A gun with a timer shooting?
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