Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Man caught after stabbing owner, fleeing shooting range with gun
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By Bahk Eun-ji
Police said Saturday they have arrested the man who stabbed the owner of an indoor shooting range and fled with a handgun and bullets in the southern port city of Busan earlier in the day.
The man, presumed to be in his 20s or 30s, stabbed the female owner at the range at 9:40 a.m. in her abdomen, and ran away with a 45-caliber handgun and 19 bullets.
The suspect was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans at the scene, and is around 178 centimeters tall with short hair, investigators said, based on the closed-circuit TV footage.
Police said the man received 50 bullets from the store, of which he fired 20 at the range, and ran away with 19, leaving 11 behind. The gun was retrieved after the arrest.
Police said they had received reports that the man initially tried to kill himself but stabbed the owner when she attempted to stop him.
The 46-year-old owner was taken to a nearby hospital and is in critical condition, police added.