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According to The Guardian and various other sources, Abe was making a speech on behalf of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate ahead of the upcoming upper house elections at the time of the shooting. Abe was shot up to three times from behind with a shotgun. He was transported to a local hospital with a chest wound and was reported to have no vital signs at the hospital as of 12:07 JST. Abe is reported to be in an unconscious state and had a cardiac arrest. The presumed assailant, Tetsuya Yamagami (山上徹也, Yamagami Tetsuya), a 42-year-old male from Nara City, was apprehended by Nara Prefectural Police [ja] at 11:42 JST.
"安倍元首相が銃撃される 山上徹也容疑者を現行犯逮捕" [Former-PM Abe was shot, suspect Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on the scene]. Nippon Television Network Corporation. 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.