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Suspect in fatal Ibaraki shooting found dead in his car in apparent suicide

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A man who shot two people at a company office, killing one man and wounding another in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Wednesday morning, was found dead in his car about 80 minutes later after having apparently shot himself.

According to police, the suspect, Yoshihiro Tomita, 65, was an employee at the company, Kashima Shinpan, which handles waste disposal. Fuji TV reported that at around 7:40 a.m., he entered the company's administrative office and fired shots at two male employees.

The two employees were taken to hospital where one of them, aged 49, died about an hour later. The second victim, 28, is in a stable condition, police said Wednesday.

Tomita was found in his car in a park at 9 a.m. about four kilometers from the scene of the shooting. He had a bullet wound to his head and the gun was in the car.

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According to police, the suspect, Yoshihiro Tomita, 65, was an employee at the company, Kashima Shinpan, which handles waste disposal

With apologies to The Coasters:

Take out the papers and the trash

Or you don't get no spendin' cash...

...Just tell your hoodlum friend outside

You ain't got time to take a ride

Yakety yak (don't talk back).

Who else has guns, after all?

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Who else has guns, after all?

Cops.

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Where would the perpetrator get a gun in Japan? Think it would be very expensive on the black market!

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@Yuri

Doesn't seem to be beyond the means of a lot of folk in Kitakyushu and surrounding areas....

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You can always buy one from Yakuza that has ties to government structures here and there.

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My limited experience with specialist waste disposal needs (asbestos) in that very prefecture was with yaks, identified to us as the only people authorized to bring the stuff (at great cost, no DIY allowed) to the approved disposal site.

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Gasp! A self-piloted gun shot not only one other person, but even the holder of the thing!

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Seems you're lucky to be hearing about a simple fire arm. Not too long ago, they were lobbing grenades at each other, some kids even FOUND a live one. "Count your Blessings".

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sense- your first post made me laugh! Good one!

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