70-Year-Old Man Arrested for Shooting Taxi Driver Dead, Mistaking Him for a Wild Boar... Arrest Warrant Issued

Court: "Concerns of Evidence Tampering and Risk of Escape"

Photo by Eunpyeong Fire Station

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] A warrant for arrest has been issued for a man in his 70s accused of fatally shooting a taxi driver who was urinating on the road.

At 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd, Park Won-gyu, the warrant judge at the Seoul Western District Court, conducted a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for A (73), who is charged with involuntary manslaughter, and subsequently issued the arrest warrant.

The court stated the reason for issuing the warrant, saying, "There is a concern that A may destroy evidence and a risk of flight."

A is accused of shooting and killing a taxi driver in his 70s who was urinating near the entrance of Bukhansan Urban Natural Park close to Gugi Tunnel in Eunpyeong-gu at around 8 p.m. on the 29th of last month, after parking his car.

The victim sustained 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 at around 12:52 a.m. that day.

A is a registered hunter who received the shotgun from a nearby police box and went up the mountain, reportedly mistaking the victim for a wild boar, causing the incident. He is known to have admitted all charges during the police investigation.

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