Incheon police have decided to deploy a profiler to determine the specific motive behind the incident in which a father shot and killed his son with a homemade firearm.
A senior official from the Korean National Police Agency said at a regular briefing on the 21st, 'We plan to sufficiently investigate the specific motives of the suspect by deploying a profiler.'
The official stated about the weapon used by the suspect, 'It is made with a homemade firearm,' and noted, 'I think it wouldn't be difficult to purchase, but we need to proceed with the investigation to confirm the facts.' The police plan to reveal the appearance and manufacturing method of the homemade firearm after the suspect's interrogation.
However, regarding some media reports that the suspect had a standoff with the police for about an hour during the arrest process, he said, 'I don't think that's the case,' and added, 'There was no standoff after the crime.'
On the evening of the 20th, around 9:31 p.m., a man in his 60s, referred to as A, shot and killed his son in his 30s with a homemade firearm at an apartment in Songdo, Yeonsu District, Incheon. The police apprehended A, who had fled, in Seoul the following morning. During the police interrogation, A claimed he had installed explosives at his residence in Ssangmun-dong, and the police special forces removed homemade explosives including solvents and timers from A's home.