In the evening of the same day, police found Hayashi crouching in the Hidaridaimonji Mountain lying at the back of Kinkaku-ji Temple after having taken the poison Calmotin, and committed seppuku, and arrested him.
夕方になり金閣寺の裏にある左大文字山の山中で薬物のカルモチンを飲み切腹してうずくまっていた林を発見し放火の容疑で逮捕した。