The telephone at the shooting range has been disconnected.
BANZAI CLIFF
The suspect was last spotted driving toward Banzai Cliff, the site where numerous Japanese jumped to their deaths to avoid capture by US troops in 1944 after the Battle of Saipan.
When officers arrived in the area, witnesses reported a man was shooting a rifle. Police discovered the van and found three rifles inside.
Officials said the gunman’s body was found along the edge off the cliff with a .22-caliber rifle strapped around his shoulder.
The South Korean tourists were sightseeing in an area known as the Last Command Post, a World War II spot featuring remnants of US tanks. A memorial in the area is dedicated to Koreans who fought in the war.
Among those injured, a 39-year-old man was critically hurt with a wound to his back. A five-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy were treated and released from the Commonwealth Health Center.
Lieutenant Governor Eloy Inos called it a sad day for the commonwealth.
“This is an unfortunate but isolated incident,” he said. “It happened for reasons unbeknownst to us, but we can handle this type of situation.”
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