Man arrested for crossbow attack on newspaper deliveryman

Locking up this loon will help a little but these type of incident do happen quite often. If they can put a gun grab and banned on guns in the USA then they should also ban all crossbows and bows all together excluding knives. Banning all crossbows or bows alike shall too be banned here in Japan to prevent lunatics from shooting like robin hood.

I think it's still a bit premature to slam the door on this fella. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Oh it's Japan...

Anyway he's still pleading not guilty at this point in time. An argument with a colleague may be one possible motive but apart from the blood supposedly found in his car (I'm sure the police in general and Japanese police specifically has never planted evidence on a person sarcasm). I'm sure a lot of you have had disagreements with colleagues in the past too. What if it's you who had an argument with the victim huh? As for the black helmet, that's just too common to be solid evidence.

Hey don't get me wrong, I'm as glad as the next person if a loonie with a crossbow is taken off the streets, but we still need to practice due diligence in all criminal cases lest there maybe innocents being unfairly accused of a crime one didn't commit.

IMHO it's better to let the odd crook slip through the cracks once in awhile than to jail an innocent.

NessieSep. 07, 2015 - 08:00AM JST So whatever happened to the crossbow bolt that was never found?

Perhaps he brought it home with him since they cost 10 bucks a pop

So whatever happened to the crossbow bolt that was never found?

So it wasn't a mob hit after all? (laugh).

Then again, my original comment was a bit wide of the mark.

Hardly a professional hit. Just some loon trying out one of his toys. The same sort of nutter who puts crossbow bolts into ducks, dogs and other helpless animals. When the cops arrest somebody for this, the excuse will be "I did it for the thrill."

locking him up will not avoid him doing another crime....

Well, it kind of will actually.

So ninjas still exist in Japan

I think he too was stressed out so he wanted to shoot someone.

Lock up this lunatic quickly, please.

What shocks me is that crossbows were not used by the Japanese before the age of gunpowder.

Yamaguchi, who is denying the charge, is also being questioned over a similar attack in neighboring Handa City on July 12, in which a company employee was stabbed in the back as he opened the door to his home.

Sounds like the suspect is a crossbow fanatic. Every time a conflict with his peer occured he seemed to attack his colleage with his crossbow. I mean, some Japanese media say another victim in the above quote is also his former colleague.

Kobe white, you forgot "I was drunk"

Who could have possibly anticipated he's be an unemployed man with a history of violence.

being employed doesn't avoid violence it happens at work as well

Ah, so there was a motive and intent, meaning it wasn't just a random attack. Locking this loon up will make the world a better place.

locking him up will not avoid him doing another crime , capital punishment is not a solution either

When this story first broke, people on here were speculating this man could only have been a professional assassin.

Who could have possibly anticipated he's be an unemployed man with a history of violence.

Ah, so there was a motive and intent, meaning it wasn't just a random attack. Locking this loon up will make the world a better place.

Police said Friday that Yamaguchi and the victim had worked at the newspaper delivery company until last October. At that time, Yamaguchi was reprimanded by the victim for his attitude and behavior at work and the two got into an argument.

Eh ? two co-workers fighting over part-time job .

Looking into my crystal ball. Yamaguchi was quoted as saying " he was stressed out and wanted to know what it was like to shot someone."