Tainan police yesterday said they were searching for an unidentified gunman who shot dead Tainan City Fishermen’s Association chairman Lin Shih-chieh (林士傑) in front of his home early in the morning.
The Tainan Fire Bureau said it received a report about a shooting on Sinle Road in the city’s South District (南區) at 5:45am and found Lin, who had sustained multiple gunshots to his body and had no vital signs.
Lin was pronounced dead by the Chi Mei Medical Center after efforts to resuscitate him failed, the bureau said, adding that his body has been transported to the South District Funeral Parlor.
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He was the father of Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City Councilor Lin Yi-ting (林依婷), who declined to comment about the incident.
Based on a preliminary investigation, there was only one gunman, but it is possible there were other accomplices, Tainan City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps commander Jhang Wun-yuan (張文源) said.
Officers are still looking for a suspect, Jhang said, adding that the motive behind the attack has yet to be established.
The suspected male gunman hid near Lin Shih-chieh’s residence before the ambush and shot him several times at close range, the police said after viewing footage from nearby surveillance cameras.
The attack only lasted a few seconds, after which the gunman fled east on foot and toward a nearby park, they said.
Lin Shih-chieh was among the 10 people acquitted in April after being indicted by prosecutors in March last year in a vote-buying case related to the Tainan City Council speaker elections on Dec. 25, 2022.
Lin Shih-chieh was about to go out to exercise when he was unexpectedly shot by a person in front of his house, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said yesterday.
Huang called on the police to bring the suspect to justice as soon as possible.
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