NHK World [TV] hasn't reported Abe as having died.
>Possible message to DJT?
Abe was campaigning for someone at the time. President Trump has been doing that recently with much success. Difference being that Abe appears to have had next to no protection; President Trump is always well-protected.
NHK says Prime Minister Kishida will address the media soon.
NHK: U.S. Government still has not made a comment on this; it has been almost two hours.
NHK: It was a handmade gun. The suspect seems to have created it himself.