Body of man found in Tokyo home in suspected suicide by hunting gun
The Metropolitan Police Department briefly restricted access to the vicinity of the residence in the Japanese capital's Adachi Ward and urged neighbors not to leave their homes.
Investigators found the body of the man, believed to be that of the sole resident of the home, at around 6:55 p.m. The call was made from there around 2:45 p.m., with the caller saying, "I am thinking of dying. I have a hunting gun."
The man, in his 70s, possessed a gun permit.
The residence is located some 300 meters from Minumadai-Shinsuikoen Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner train line.
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