UPDATE Police still surround Bang Lamung home after school shooting Pictures courtesy of Amarin Police surrounded a house in Nong Pla Lai, Bang Lamung, on 9 September 2026 after a police officer was accused of shooting his teacher wife dead at a municipal nursery school. More than six hours of negotiations had passed without the suspect responding or surrendering. Police identified the suspect as Police Sub-Lieutenant Thassapong Thongthat, known as "Oe". His wife, Pailin, 48, known as "Kru Ple", was a teacher at Nong Pla Lai Municipal Nursery School in Chonburi. Officers from Bang Lamung police station and district administrative officials went to the house in a housing estate after receiving information that Thassapong was inside. They sealed off the surrounding area and tried to persuade him to come out peacefully. Brother receives no reply Chonburi's provincial tactical team made a second attempt to negotiate during the day, accompanied by the suspect's older brother, Billy. Billy said he wanted to his brother he had to take responsibility for what had happened, particularly as he was a police officer and the shooting had taken place at a school. He said he shouted into the house and asked Thassapong to knock on a window if he could hear him. There was no reply, although Billy said he believed his brother remained inside and had shut the house up. Billy, himself a former police officer, said he had helped Thassapong enter the force and had raised him since childhood. He said he was worried that his brother might harm himself and urged him to surrender. The brother said Thassapong had epilepsy, but police said they had only received preliminary information about an underlying health condition and had not established whether it was connected to the case. Billy said his brother was not normally hot-tempered and that he did not know what personal problems the couple may have had. Police examine possible motive Chonburi Governor Naris Niramaiwong visited the scene as police continued to prioritise negotiations, while assessing the safety of officers, nearby residents and the suspect. Investigators were told that Thassapong and Pailin had a serious argument on 8 September. Police said a mobile phone belonging to Pailin was later examined and messages were found on it. On the morning of 9 September, Thassapong allegedly went to the nursery school, where Pailin was shot dead, before returning to his house. CCTV footage reportedly showed him arriving home less than 20 minutes after the shooting. 9 September 2026
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