A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case

Victim:	Masao Takada
Cause of death:	Gunshot wound
Suspects:	Shiro Hiraoka

	Murder
Victim:	Masao Takada
Cause of death:	Gunshot wound
Suspects:	Shiro Hiraoka

	Episode 124-125 ; (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
	Information
Title:	A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case
Japanese title:	謎の狙撃者殺人事件 ; (Nazo no Sogekimono Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	November 16, 1998 (Part 1) ; November 23, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
	Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa ; Ran Mouri ; Kogoro Mouri ; Inspector Megure ; Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
	Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto; Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Storyboard:	124 Kenji Kodama; 125 Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	124 Nana Harada; 125 Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	124 Miwa Oshima; 125 Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa; Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri; Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri; Chafurin as Inspector Megure; Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint; Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Seiji Ishimoto; Yumi Hikita as Yukiko Tanaka; Hiroshi Naka as Masao Takada; Banjou Ginga as Tsuneaki Niikura; Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Shiro Hiraoka; Masamichi Sato as Kenichi Shibata; Ginzo Matsuo as Iwato Kaze; Isshin Chiba as Presenter; Yoshiko Okamoto as Lady; Nao Takamori as Companion; Mitsuki Saiga as Beautiful client
	Music
Opening song:	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
Closing song:	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

Chronology
‹ The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case	List of Episodes	The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case ›

Cast

Characters

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Button Speaker

Case

Situation

Part 1

Seiji Ishimoto, president of an electronic company, claims he has been receiving threat letters and hires Kogoro as a bodyguard. As a government minister gets on stage at the banquet where they're at, he is shot and Seiji's shoulder is gazed.

Conan spots a man on the balcony, but he is unable to find him. Kogoro spends the night at Seiji's hotel room keeping watch in case the murderer returns. In the morning, Kogoro receives a phonecall from Inspector Megure announcing the man on the balcony was found dead.

Murder

Victim:	Shiro Hiraoka
Cause of death:	Blunt trauma to head after falling
Suspects:	Yukiko Tanaka, Seiji Ishimoto, Tsuneaki Niikura, and Kenichi Shibata

Part 2

Seiji Ishimoto tells the police about the threat letters after he's approached by the minister's secretary, Tsuneaki Niikura. When everyone leaves the hotel room, Conan does a search, but he is interrupted by an unknown man who finds something. Inspector Megure questions Kogoro about Seiji's secretary and reveals she has a motive and shows a picture of her boyfriend who Kogoro recognizes as the person he bumped into as he left the hotel room.