Overview

• The suspect insists he only intended to kill his son and denies prosecutorial allegations that he attempted to shoot his daughter-in-law, two grandchildren and a foreign tutor at the Songdo apartment.
• Prosecutors upgraded the case on July 25 with attempted murder counts after evidence emerged that he brought a homemade firearm to the party and aimed it at other relatives.
• An attempted arson charge stems from the discovery of 15 containers of flammable liquid and a timer-equipped ignition device found at his Dobong-dong residence.
• The National Police Agency has launched an internal investigation into why officers took about 70 minutes to breach the scene despite multiple emergency calls.
• Police officials have refuted claims that they instructed the victim’s wife to negotiate with the gunman and said the on-duty commander managed the response remotely.