Man Arrested After Drunken Shooting Kills Woman, Injures Two
A 60-year-old man was arrested in Chumphon after a drunken shooting spree killed a woman and wounded two others following a dispute over a personal matter.
On August 19, Deputy Lieutenant Colonel Patcharaphon Kaewtong, an investigator at Lang Suan Police Station in Chumphon, received a report of a shooting at a residential property in Lang Suan district that left one dead and multiple injured. Investigation teams and rescue personnel rushed to the scene and found blood covering the ground. Three people had been shot: a 35-year-old woman from Chumphon who was struck in the head and died; a 45-year-old man from Sisaket who was grazed on the head; and a 29-year-old man from Sisaket shot in the left shoulder and right rib cage.
Investigators determined that before the attack, two men—a 60-year-old and a 44-year-old—had visited the house and gotten into a physical fight with one of the residents over a personal matter. The 44-year-old claimed he was choked, prompting the 60-year-old to intervene. Enraged, the two men returned with guns. The 44-year-old borrowed a .32 revolver from a contact in Thung Takob district, Chumphon, then gave it to the 60-year-old. They drank alcohol together and planned the attack: the 44-year-old would ride the motorcycle while the 60-year-old would shoot.
When they arrived, the 60-year-old opened fire on a man sitting outside, then shot at two others who emerged from the house. All three were injured; the 35-year-old woman later died at Lang Suan Hospital. The suspects fled on the motorcycle. Police tracked them to a house in Sai Khao subdistrict, Lang Suan district, where they were arrested with the murder weapon still in their possession.
When questioned, the 60-year-old confessed that after the shooting, he and his accomplice buried the .32 revolver in a sack near the house. Police retrieved it along with two ammunition cartridges. Officers charged both men with premeditated murder and attempted murder, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, firing a weapon in public, and unlawful transport of firearms. They were remanded in custody pending further legal proceedings.
