A suspect wanted for kidnapping and shooting a man in front of Yilan Prison was late on Sunday arrested after police pursued him into an orchard in the mountains of Miaoli County.
A man surnamed Chien (簡) has been turned over to Yilan County prosecutors after he allegedly shot a man surnamed Kang (康) following an altercation that began between Kang and a man surnamed Lan (藍) on Thursday at about 11pm near Lanyang Power Plant in Yilan’s Sansing Township (三星), the Yilan County Police Bureau said.
During the altercation, Lan called Chien, who arrived in his car with another man surnamed Lee (李), police said.
Photo: Chiang Chih-hsiung, Taipei Times
After arriving, Chien allegedly fired a handgun in the air while threatening Kang, and together with Lee, dragged Kang into the vehicle and drove off, police said.
As Chien drove past Yilan Prison, Kang tried to escape, and as he leapt from the vehicle, Chien fired a shot, hitting Kang in the buttocks, they said.
Chien fled the scene, while Kang was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The bureau’s Sansing Precinct said it launched an investigation soon after the shooting was reported, and by Sunday night had tracked Chien to a mountainous area in Miaoli’s Dahu Township (大湖).
After surrounding the area, police officers found and arrested a man, surnamed Chang (張), who they suspected of sheltering Chien and who also had an outstanding warrant in a drug-related case.
After finding a small shed with a lit stove inside, police surmised that Chien had fled on foot and was probably still nearby, and police officers found Chien hiding in an irrigation ditch of an orchard, where they seized a gun and an unspecified quantity of drugs, they said.
Chien and four other suspects in the case were yesterday turned over to prosecutors on suspicion of crimes including attempted murder, offenses against personal liberty, illegal gun possession and contraventions of the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例).
The Yilan District Court approved the prosecutors’ request to hold Chien in incommunicado as the investigation continues, the bureau said.
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