A diehard David Bowie fan in Japan took the rock icon’s death to heart, attempting suicide because of it.

Tomoki Shiota, an unemployed 25-year-old, was found outside a shipping company in Sapporo, a village in northern Japan, Monday afternoon, shouting and waving a box cutter around.

“I wanted to kill myself because I was so shocked by the news of David Bowie’s death,” he allegedly told police, according to the Japan Times.

“I wanted to do it in public,” he added.

One of the company’s employees was able to stop Shiota from ending his life when Shiota accidentally dropped the sharp object.

He was taken into police custody, where he remained through Monday evening.