Bullet Marks Found 90 Meters From Where Abe Shooter Fired Gun
Japanese police believe the handmade gun used by the suspect in last week's fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was powerful enough to leave marks on a building about 90 meters away.
Abe was shot while making a campaign speech on Friday in Nara City, western Japan. The suspect, 41-year-old Yamagami Tetsuya, was arrested on the spot.
Police searched the site for about two hours early Wednesday morning for bullets and other pieces of evidence.
The suspect's handmade gun is believed to have been designed to fire six bullets at once. He is thought to have fired it twice.
Police have so far found what appears to be a bullet hole in a sign of a campaign vehicle that was parked about 20 meters from the shooter.
Police say that on Wednesday, they confirmed three possible bullet marks on the wall of a parking garage about 90 meters from the shooter.
The marks were found four to eight meters above ground, and are on an extension of the line from the shooter to the hole on the campaign vehicle.
Police say they carried out the cordoned-off search early in the morning to avoid disrupting vehicle traffic and out of consideration for visitors wishing to lay flowers at the site.