Young Man Shot Dead on Phatthalung Village Road
A 20-year-old man was shot dead at close range on a village road in Phatthalung's Sri Nakarin district early on November 12. Police found the victim beside an unregistered motorcycle and believe an argument preceded the shooting. The victim's father said his son had called hours earlier saying he was heading home, and he has no knowledge of any conflict.
A father is in shock after learning his 20-year-old son was shot and killed on a village road, revealing the final phone call he had with his son, while villagers reported hearing two loud gunshots before the body was discovered.
At 4:00 AM on November 12, 2026, Police Lieutenant Tulyanit Chucheua, investigator at Sri Nakarin Police Station, received a report that an unknown number of assailants used a firearm to kill someone on the Ban Pradu-Ko Khan village road in Moo 1, Ang Thong subdistrict, Sri Nakarin district, Phatthalung province. Officers rushed to the scene with investigators.
At the roadside, they found the victim, 20-year-old Tiwakorn (surname withheld), with a close-range gunshot wound to the face that exited through the back of his head. He lay dead on the road beside a yellow-black Yamaha Max motorcycle without a license plate, which was documented as evidence.
A father is in shock after learning his 20-year-old son was shot and killed on a village road, revealing the final phone call he had with his son, while villagers reported hearing two loud gunshots before the body was discovered.
Preliminary investigation revealed that around 4:00 AM, villagers heard two gunshots before a motorcycle sped away. When they came out to look, they found the victim lying dead on the road before alerting police.
Police believe that before the shooting, the victim and the perpetrator(s) had parked their vehicles and were talking, but the conversation went sour, leading to the shooting. Officers are urgently investigating to find witnesses and evidence before pursuing the assailant(s) for prosecution.
Meanwhile, the victim's 43-year-old father said his son had left home three days earlier and was staying with friends in the area where the incident occurred. In the evening, he had called his son, who said he had already returned home and would be coming back that night. Before the father could learn more, he received the news that his son had been shot dead, and he does not know who his son might have had a conflict with.
