Overview
- A Nara prefectural police officer testified that he saw the defendant fire a homemade device resembling a bazooka and helped tackle him after the second shot without encountering resistance.
- The officer said he heard the subdued defendant mutter "Did it hit?" in a low voice as he was moved to the sidewalk, describing it as more of a murmur than a direct question.
- Forensic pathologist Professor Shogo Kasuda told the court that two bullets entered at the right front of the neck and the left upper arm, with one round embedding in the right upper arm bone, and he described Abe as almost immediately fatal.
- Kasuda detailed that one bullet traveled from the left arm through the pectoral muscle, injured an artery near the collarbone, and reached the right chest about 29 centimeters away, and prosecutors noted Abe had no pulse and an AED advised no shock at the scene.
- The officer testified he received the day's security plan that morning and that it was his first assignment to VIP protection, and prosecutors said the homemade gun discharged six projectiles per shot with two volleys fired, two rounds striking Abe.