Soldier Shoots Pregnant Wife, Then Himself in Bangkok

At 3:00 PM on October 31, 2026, Police Lieutenant Colonel Jatuporn Atthan, investigator at Bang Khen Police Station, received a report of a double fatal shooting at the Royal Thai Army Security Center flat complex, located in Soi Lat Phrao 68, Lat Phrao Road, Anusawari subdistrict, Bang Khen district, Bangkok. He rushed to the scene with forensic officers, a forensic doctor from Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, and volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation.

The incident occurred in Building 3/12, Block 2, a five-story military personnel residence. Inside a fifth-floor room, officers discovered the body of a Royal Thai Army warrant officer (name withheld), aged 32, sitting on a chair with a 9mm bullet wound entering the right temple and exiting the left. A 9mm pistol lay in his right hand.

On the bed, they found the body of "Ms. A" (pseudonym), aged 31, his wife, covered by a blanket. She had two 9mm gunshot wounds — one to the lower back and another through the right temple.

Preliminary investigation revealed the couple had been in a relationship since early 2025 and married in March 2026, though they had not yet registered the marriage. They had no known disputes involving third parties, only financial disagreements. About four months ago, the wife's parents had taken her for prenatal registration, with no unusual circumstances reported.

Witnesses reported hearing the couple arguing in the early hours before the incident, followed by silence. The warrant officer's younger sister, Police Lieutenant Kittithat, unable to reach him by phone, traveled to the room. Finding the door unlocked, she entered and discovered the tragic scene.

Police initially suspect personal problems drove the warrant officer to a mental breakdown, leading to the murder-suicide. The bodies will be sent to the Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital Institute of Forensic Medicine for autopsy to determine the exact cause of death before being released to relatives for religious rites.