Man Shot Dead Outside Shop After Cockfighting Event

At 5:20 p.m. on July 21, 2569, police in Mueang Trang received a report of a man shot with a shotgun outside a general store on Nah Muea Rat Road in Na Bin La subdistrict, Mueang district, Trang province. Officers arrived to find Thaninchay, known as "Nin," age 26, suffering multiple shotgun wounds to the chest. He was lying next to a black Honda Forza 350 motorcycle (Trang license plate 1 KS 4992). Emergency responders performed CPR and rushed him to Trang Hospital, but he died from his injuries.

Investigators found one shotgun shell casing, shell fragments, and pieces of the perpetrator's car mirror at the scene, which they collected as evidence. The victim's motorcycle contained herbal drink and rice he had just purchased. Police coordinated a manhunt across Trang province and neighboring areas, seeking a black Toyota Vios with a Trang license plate that fled toward Nah Pod intersection. The plate was later suspected to be fake.

Witness accounts indicated the victim had arrived alone on his motorcycle and spent about five minutes inside the shop buying rice before walking out, placing his purchases under the seat, putting on his helmet, and preparing to leave. A black car suddenly pulled alongside at close range, the window lowered, and the occupant fired two shotgun rounds with a five-second gap before speeding away. Investigators believe the shooter had carefully planned and tracked the victim from a cockfighting arena in Ban Khuan subdistrict, where the victim had just finished livestreaming a match. The victim was heading home to Na Khao Siao subdistrict when he stopped at the store. Police are treating this as a premeditated ambush, though personal dispute is the primary theory; other motives have not been ruled out. The victim had no prior arrest record or criminal history.