[2][3] Oğuzhan Akdin, a 16-year-old high school student, was arrested two days after the shooting, carrying a 9 mm pistol.
[8] Pope Benedict XVI recalled his martyrdom in his homily at the Shrine of Meryem Ana Evi (House of the Virgin Mary) in Ephesus on 29 November 2006.
[10] On 10 October 2006, Oğuzhan Akdin was sentenced to 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days in prison for "premeditated murder" by a juvenile court in Trabzon.
[11] According to head of the local Catholic administration, the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, Bishop Luigi Padovese, neither the killer nor his mother showed any remorse during the trial.
[3] Following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, the killer was released from jail after serving less than 10 years of his sentence.