Jealous Man Shoots Love Rival, Surrenders After Police Standoff
A man in Prachinburi's Kabin Buri district shot his ex-girlfriend's new partner with a homemade shotgun during a jealousy dispute, seriously wounding him. The suspect fled to a eucalyptus plantation but surrendered after police surrounded the area and negotiated with help from his relatives. He faces four charges including attempted murder and illegal firearms possession.
Prachinburi - A jealousy dispute over an ex-girlfriend led a man to shoot his love rival with a shotgun, causing serious injuries. The suspect fled and hid in a eucalyptus plantation behind the village. Kabin Buri police surrounded and pressured him until he surrendered.
On November 10, 2026, Pol. Lt. Col. Santhat Phuwadolnok, Chief of Kabin Buri Police Station, and Pol. Capt. Chatchawan Duangbut, Deputy Inspector of Investigation, along with investigators and patrol officers, arrested the suspect, identified only as Mr. Pong. They seized a Thai-made 12-gauge break-action shotgun and one 12-gauge cartridge. He faces four serious charges: attempted murder with intent, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharging a firearm in a village or public area without justification, and carrying a firearm in public without valid reason.
Investigation revealed the incident occurred at dawn on November 10. The victim traveled to a rest hut at the edge of the village in Yan Ri subdistrict to discuss the ex-girlfriend who was staying with Mr. Pong. An intense argument erupted. The suspect claims the victim pulled a knife and charged at him, so he grabbed the gun and shot him in the leg. Despite the injury, the victim managed to ride his motorcycle about 2 kilometers back to his lodging while bleeding heavily. Relatives rushed him to Kabin Buri Hospital.
After the shooting, Mr. Pong ran to his mother's house, hid the gun under the seat of an old car, then fled on a motorcycle to hide in a bamboo grove and rice fields near a eucalyptus plantation at the village edge.
Upon receiving the report, Pol. Lt. Col. Santhat deployed investigators and special operations units to track and pressure the suspect. By late afternoon, officers spotted him walking across a field. They coordinated with relatives to persuade him, and Mr. Pong emerged from the eucalyptus plantation, exhausted, and surrendered peacefully.
During questioning, the suspect initially confessed he had gone to catch catfish in a field near a cabin where someone was watching. The victim then arrived and they argued until he lost control and fired one shot before fleeing and hiding the weapon.
Officers took him to identify the evidence locations before handing him over to Kabin Buri investigators for strict legal proceedings.
The victim's family described the terrifying moment he arrived home covered in blood, wearing boots and a blood-soaked shirt, with a knife fallen beside him, shocking everyone in the household.
