By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe authorities are pursuing a male suspect after a man was shot dead in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) yesterday. Police officials said the victim, Chen Wen-chung (陳文忠), 46, was shot seven times at close range in the early morning, while he was waiting for his fiancee in his car. Tamsui District First Police Precinct’s criminal investigation section chief Chen Kuang-yu (陳冠宇) said a forensic team dusted the car for fingerprints, gathered evidence and recovered eight bullet cartridges inside the vehicle. Chen Wen-chung was shot twice in the head and five times between his shoulders and lower body, while the one stray bullet may have been a missed shot, he said. Chen Wen-chung was convicted of shooting and murdering restaurant owner Lu Ching-fang (呂清芳) in 2003 over a financial dispute regarding a loan shark.

Source: Taipei Times February 23, 2018 16:02 UTC