Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, a senior member of gang affiliated with the Yamaguchi Gumi crime syndicate, was arrested for the cold blooding shooting.The mayor of the southwestern Japanese city of Nagasaki was shot outside a train station Tuesday and is in critical condition.
Mayor Iccho Ito suffered two shots from behind as he campaigned for local elections on a street near his office, just in front of Nagasaki train station, according to local police official Isao Teramoto.
Ito did not appear to respond to efforts by office staff to resuscitate him before he was rushed to hospital, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Public broadcaster NHK reported that Ito's lungs and heart had stopped functioning.
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