Police arrested a man in Kaohsiung yesterday amid the investigation into the fatal shooting of Tainan Fisherman’s Association chair Lin Shih-chieh (林士傑).
The fingerprints of a man, identified by his surname, Chang (張), were found during a search of one of the suspected getaway vehicles, the Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Chang, who has a history of violent crime, was arrested in Kaohsiung’s Renwu District (仁武) and was being questioned by investigators, prosecutors said.
Photo: Wang Chun-chung, Taipei Times
Lin, 53, was shot multiple times at close range by a masked gunman outside his home on Sinle Road in Tainan’s South District (南區) at about 5:45am on Monday.
The gunman fled the scene on foot before getting into a car and driving to a public parking lot on Sinjian Road, police said.
The suspect changed his outfit and set fire to the car in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence, including two pistols he had left in the vehicle, police said.
He drove a second car from the carpark to Kaohsiung’s Dashu District (大樹), where he abandoned the vehicle and rode a scooter in the direction of Pingtung County, they said.
The steering wheel, seats and door handles of the second car were doused with acid, police said.
Jhang Wun-yuan (張文源), commander of the Tainan Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Corps, told reporters that the shooting was premeditated and the gunman might not have been operating alone.
Lin was appointed to head Tainan Agricultural Marketing Co by Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) after Huang took office in 2018.
Lin was the father of Tainan City Councilor Lin Yi-ting (林依婷), a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
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