Homemade gun used in assassination of Shinzo Abe; attack highlights flood of 'ghost guns' in U.S. Kenneth Tran, Katherine Swartz and Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY. Fri, July 8, 2022 at 9:03 PM UTC.

What we know about the crude, homemade gun used in Shinzo Abe’s assassination Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a homemade weapon, is suspected in the assassination of former Japanese Prime ...

Japanese authorities believe that the gun that was used to assassinate former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the western city of Nara on Friday morning was homemade. Mr Abe succumbed to his injuries at ...

Officials also recovered a “homemade gun” from him. The suspect was “holding a cylinder-shaped object”, which released a “white smoke” from its tip, according to state broadcaster NHK.

Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a homemade weapon, is suspected in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Nara Shimbun / Kyodo News via Associated Press) Within hours ...

The homemade gun, measuring 40 centimeters long and 20 cm high, has two barrels and shoots six bullets at a time, police said. A small battery was equipped under the two loaded barrels ...

The gun was found by Brandon police officers after a traffic stop in March 2021. Rautenberg was a passenger in a vehicle. During the stop, officers observed the grip of a handgun at Rautenberg’s ...

A working pen gun, designed to look like a common permanent marker, and a homemade machine gun are among items seized by police during separate raids on outlaw motorcycle gang members.