Lured by Chat, Woman Impersonator Sets Deadly Trap: Man Shot in Head at Meeting Point, Nephew Witnesses Horror
A 34-year-old man was shot dead in Chachoengsao after being lured to a meeting point by someone impersonating his girlfriend; police suspect a love triangle and a staged ambush by a rival.
At 3:56 AM on May 10, 2569, Deputy Investigator Aphinan Sitongrungtip of Bang Lamung Police Station received a report of a fatal shooting in Na Klue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chachoengsao. Officers and rescue volunteers rushed to the scene and found 34-year-old Chai lying face-down in a pool of blood with a single gunshot wound to the head. A .38 caliber shell casing was found nearby.
The perpetrator fled the scene. Environmental witnesses reported hearing a single gunshot before police arrived. Chai's nephew, Chok, later informed police that before the incident, Chai had arranged to meet his girlfriend at the specified location. Chok and Chai called a black sedan to take them to the meeting point. Upon arrival, a white sedan was already parked there. As Chok was paying the driver, a young man emerged with a gun and told him to stop. Chai walked toward the white sedan, apparently looking for his girlfriend, unaware of the danger. Moments later, Chok heard a gunshot. He saw Chai collapse and immediately fled by jumping back into the black sedan.
Chai's sister revealed that her brother had been dating a fair-skinned woman for about a year and they met frequently. She had no idea the meeting would end in tragedy.
CCTV footage recorded around 1:46 AM showed a white sedan already parked and waiting. Three young men emerged—two wearing white shirts who circled the area, and a third in a black shirt who hid in nearby bushes. When the black sedan arrived and Chai approached the white vehicle, the man in the white shirt suddenly rushed forward and punched him. Chai collapsed immediately. Chok quickly jumped back into the black sedan and drove away. The man in the black shirt emerged from the bushes, retrieved the man in the white shirt, and both fled in the white sedan.
Initial investigations suggest the motive was a love triangle, with the woman's other husband orchestrating the ambush using the false meeting arrangement. Chai had also challenged the perpetrators through chat messages with the woman, creating accumulated tension that may have triggered the attack.
