U.S. Airman Held in Hit-and-Run Death
From Times Wire Reports
A U.S. airman surrendered to police after a hit-and-run incident that killed a 72-year-old Japanese woman, said police in Tachikawa, a western suburb of Tokyo. They identified the airman as Jon M. Mills, 24, an enlisted man stationed at Yokota Air Base, near Tokyo. After questioning Mills, police arrested him on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death. Mills is suspected of hitting retiree Chiyoko Nakamura while driving through Tachikawa, then fleeing the scene.
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