70-Year-Old Booked for Shooting and Killing Person Mistaken for Wild Boar

70-Year-Old Taxi Driver Who Urinated on the Road Found Dead

Photo by Eunpyeong Fire Station

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] A man in his 70s has been arrested by the police on suspicion of shooting and killing a taxi driver who was urinating on the road.

The Seoul Western Police Station announced on the 30th that they had arrested Mr. A, a man in his 70s, on charges of involuntary manslaughter.

Mr. A is suspected of firing one shotgun round at a taxi driver in his 70s who was urinating near the entrance of Bukhansan Urban Nature Park close to Gugi Tunnel in Eunpyeong-gu around 8 p.m. the previous day, while his car was parked nearby.

The victim suffered penetrating wounds to the wrist and abdomen and was transported to Seoul National University Hospital while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but was reported to have died around 12:52 a.m. that day.

Mr. A is a legally registered hunter who had received the shotgun from a nearby police box and went up the mountain, mistakenly identifying the victim as a wild boar, which led to the incident. He is reported to have admitted all charges during the police investigation.

A police official stated, “We are conducting a thorough investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident with Mr. A.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.