Continuing from last night at Aichi was a brutal and selfish standoff by a former gangster barricading himself in his house .
All we could do in Tokyo was just to watch through television the tense situation at the scene with one cop shot to death.
getting disgusted watching so many murders with guns these several months...
we have to find an effective way to end these kind of unjust crimes!
Still with no sign of an end to the standoff, I went out to Ginza to attend a drinking party with the members of the press club to say thanks to a former PA officer of the courthouse.
Flash news that the criminal surrendering came in before nine, but I was all drunk at that point.
I spent a pleasant week, and in consequence, it will probably an unpleasant one next week!!
(article by Kyodo)
◆Armed suspect in shooting standoff surrenders after woman escapes
NAGOYA, May 18 KYODO
The suspect in a shooting standoff left his home and was taken into police custody Friday night after his former wife taken hostage by him managed to escape several hours earlier in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture.
The man, Hisato Obayashi, 50, was captured by the police at 8:48 p.m., nearly 30 hours after the standoff began Thursday, Aichi prefectural police said.
The woman, Michiko Mori, 50, was immediately taken into protective custody just before 3 p.m. She has bruises around her left eye and looks tired but is otherwise in good shape, the police said. She told the police she escaped from a toilet window while her former husband Obayashi was talking over the phone.
Obayashi fatally shot a riot police officer Thursday night after injuring another police officer, as well as his son Kento, 25, and one of his daughters Risa, 24, by firing a weapon several hours earlier.
The police said Obayashi had been a member of a gangster group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate, but left the group around 1993, before moving into the current residence.
According to the police, Obayashi, who was believed to be regularly taking tranquillizers, started acting violently on Thursday while discussing a possible reconciliation with his former wife Mori, who was invited to the home by Kento and Risa.
The family members called the police just before 4 p.m. and Sgt. Akifumi Kimoto, 54, who rushed to their home, along with Kento and Risa were shot, the police said. The three were not in a life-threatening condition, according to the police.
Mori consulted the police in November 2005, saying she was beaten by her then husband Obayashi, the police said. A court issued a restraining order against Obayashi to protect Mori for a while, they said. The two divorced in May last year.
The police are investigating the latest incident as a case of murder, attempted murder and violation of the firearms control law.
Riot police officer Kazuho Hayashi, 23, was shot by Obayashi around 9:30 p.m. Thursday near his house while other officers were engaged in rescuing Kimoto, who had been left lying near the entrance of Obayashi's home. Hayashi died early Friday.
Prime Minister Shintaro Abe told reporters Friday night, ''It is indeed heart-rending that a young police officer with a future died while on duty for resolving this case.'' He added that the government needs to consider ways to eradicate firearm uses as in the latest incident.
Hayashi, a sergeant, was shot in the chest near the collarbone and was the first riot police officer from the elite SAT to be killed in the line of duty, the police said. He was survived by his 24-year-old wife and a 10-month-old daughter.
Hayashi joined the police force in April 2002 and was assigned to the special assault team in October 2005. He was posthumously given double promotions to captain.
The police maintained a 50-member team led by the head of the prefectural police at its headquarters, in addition to a 170-member team near the scene. They expanded parts of a 300-meter radius cordoned off earlier.
The Nagakute education board closed all municipal elementary, junior high schools and kindergartens, while Aichi Gakuin University near by also closed.
==Kyodo
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