Police will seek an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s who killed a shop owner at a jewelry store in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, in broad daylight and fled.
On the 16th, Bucheon Wonmi Police Station in Gyeonggi said it will seek a detention warrant for A, who was urgently arrested on suspicion of robbery and murder.
A is accused of stabbing to death B, a woman in her 50s who owns a jewelry store in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi, on the afternoon of the previous day with a weapon and fleeing with more than 50 pieces of jewelry (worth about 20 million won at market prices) and 2 million won in cash.
In a police interview, A was said to have testified to the effect that "I committed the crime because I had a lot of debt." A and B did not know each other. A is believed to have targeted a jewelry store run by a woman alone.
Police identified the suspect by analyzing on-site CCTV and, through cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, urgently arrested A on a street in Jongno-gu, Seoul, at about 5:34 p.m., roughly five hours after the incident.
A is believed to have carried out the crime in a premeditated manner. After the crime, A changed into a suit brought in advance, discarded the clothes worn on the street, and fled to Jongno-gu, Seoul, by taking taxis multiple times, was found.
A resold the stolen jewelry at several jewelry stores. A also was found to have had the weapon used in the crime, cash, and a passport at the time of arrest.
B suffered severe injuries to the chest and elsewhere, went into cardiac arrest, and was taken to a hospital by 119 paramedics but died.
Police will also consider whether to disclose A's personal information later.