Sato Shintaro was taken to the hospital at 2:10 p.m.
At 5:03 p.m., he was declared dead due to a gunshot wound to the heart that had caused excessive blood loss.
At the same time, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that the assassin was Rodrigo Durant and that the handgun used was a P229, reported lost by the SAT team.
How the P229 was lost and why it ended up in Durant's hands were matters that needed to be investigated.
Before that, however, the Police Director had to appear with a group of police commissioners to bow in apology.
If Sato Shintaro's death hadn't been caused by the P229, it wouldn't have much to do with the Police Director, and he wouldn't have needed to hold a press conference to bow.
But Sato Shintaro had died from a shot from the P229 lost by the SAT team.
The Police Director had to bow deeply.
"We are profoundly sorry!"
It was a textbook-perfect, synchronized bow, delivered with meticulous precision.
