Chaiyaphum: Thai man shoots four members of family dead in their home then kills self - argument over a pump

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Chief of the Ban Deua police Pol Col Jaruwat Suriyathip in Kaset Somboon district of Chaiyaphum in Thailand's Isaan region received a report of a mass shooting of a family at a house in Ban Yang sub-district yesterday afternoon. 

 

At the scene was evidence of 8 shots from a 9mm gun.

 

Four people in the same family were dead and found shot all over the house. There was the house owner Wanpen, 50, Somsak, 50, and their daughter Sunisa, 30 and son in law Adul, also 30.

 

The shooter was soon identified as Saichon, aged 35, a man from another village in the same district.

 

Inquiries with relatives were fruitless then news came in that he had been seen at a religious affairs office nearby. 

 

Police found that he had shot himself dead at the office. He was still grasping a 9mm CZ 75B gun in his right hand. 

 

The shooter's elder sister Kanika, 38, said her brother had had an argument over a pump with the family and this had led to a fist fight and action by the police in June. 

 

They were due to discuss a resolution of the matter. 

 

The aunt of the shooter Pinmanee told Thai Rath that her nephew had worked in Rayong but suffered from stress and family problems and had come home and had been treated for mental problems with medication over a year and more.

 

She said that he owned an adjacent agricultural property to the dead family and they had argued about a pump after his land got flooded. 

 

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[KhunBENQ]

Ugly.

Disturbing how many dangerous lunatics walk freely here.

[ezzra]

Mental illness and a gun don't go together well, not much you can do when someone bring a gun to pump argument and uses it...

[nahkit]

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

The shooter's elder sister Kanika, 38, said her brother had had an argument over a pump with the family and this had led to a fist fight and action by the police in June. 

I watched this on the news last night and a relative of the slain family said that they had previously reported to the police that they had been threatened with a gun and the police had done nothing about it.

[ChrisKC]

The argument about the pump was the "tipping point" (straws and camels backs) and not the cause of the killings - there was a mental problem issue as well as long term family relationship problems (underlying circumstances).. That was the cause!

[SomchaiCNX]

4 hours ago, nahkit said:

I watched this on the news last night and a relative of the slain family said that they had previously reported to the police that they had been threatened with a gun and the police had done nothing about it.

Yes, yet a again a mistake from the police who does not know how to do their job. It is not until people start to sue these (criminals) in uniform that it will stop. I'm not a police man but see at least 100+ things a day that are illegal or not conform to the law, tinted windows, red number plates at night, no helmets etc etc.

[SomchaiCNX]

4 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

The argument about the pump was the "tipping point" (straws and camels backs) and not the cause of the killings - there was a mental problem issue as well as long term family relationship problems (underlying circumstances).. That was the cause!

Yes his mental state and the lack of action by the police.

 

[Thomas J]

5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Disturbing how many dangerous lunatics walk freely here.

Not just Thailand.  You only need to read the news from around the world to see there is no exclusivity on lunacy.  Although the post earlier this year about the Thai woman who burned down her own home to prevent her home from being repeatedly robbed did seem to hit a new high point. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

They were due to discuss a resolution of the matter. 

Guess you could say it resolved itself.

[Scott Tracy]

The land still gets flooded, but he's not there to worry about it anymore, and the family aren't there to do anything about it anyways.

 

Such a tragedy. 

[rudi49jr]

8 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Ugly.

Disturbing how many dangerous lunatics walk freely here.

Lunatic + gun = dangerous. Almost every guy in Thailand has a gun, combine that with the ever present fragile ego syndrome, and you have many disasters in the making.

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, SomchaiCNX said:

Yes, yet a again a mistake from the police who does not know how to do their job. It is not until people start to sue these (criminals) in uniform that it will stop. I'm not a police man but see at least 100+ things a day that are illegal or not conform to the law, tinted windows, red number plates at night, no helmets etc etc.

 

Thai police are the smartest in the world. They've worked out that they get paid whether they work or not, so they don't bother working. Simples.

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, josthomz said:

 

Who in his right mind would compare inability to act after there's been a report of someone being threatened with a gun VS tinted windows or red numbers at night (which is a mere bureaucratic procedure which in no way threatens road safety) <deleted> .!

 

I think you miss his point. Which was that the police don't respond to anything.

[MrJ2U]

11 hours ago, nahkit said:

I watched this on the news last night and a relative of the slain family said that they had previously reported to the police that they had been threatened with a gun and the police had done nothing about it.

They rarely do anything unless you pay them money up front.

[brianthainess]

This brings a whole new meaning to *pump action*

[SomchaiCNX]

18 hours ago, josthomz said:

 

Who in his right mind would compare inability to act after there's been a report of someone being threatened with a gun VS tinted windows or red numbers at night (which is a mere bureaucratic procedure which in no way threatens road safety) <deleted> .!

If they can't take care of the basic how they can deal with the more complicated stuff? Nothing to compare.

 

[off road pat]

On 7/3/2021 at 4:31 AM, KhunBENQ said:

Ugly.

Disturbing how many dangerous lunatics walk freely here.

And have access to guns !

[Nojohndoe]

22 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

The land still gets flooded, but he's not there to worry about it anymore, and the family aren't there to do anything about it anyways.

 

Such a tragedy. 

I notice a baby's rocking hammock in the picture above which could mean the tragedy is extended .

[RocketDog]

On 7/3/2021 at 9:31 AM, KhunBENQ said:

Ugly.

Disturbing how many dangerous lunatics walk freely here.

And There, and Everywhere.

It's the state of the art for humanity in this 21st century.

[chalawaan]

On 7/3/2021 at 10:00 AM, nahkit said:

I watched this on the news last night and a relative of the slain family said that they had previously reported to the police that they had been threatened with a gun and the police had done nothing about it.

They should have alleged a 112 incident. As in: "He was waving a gun , officer, and threatening the institution!"

Problem instantly solved. I'm surprized it's not misused even more than it is!

Edited July 5, 2021 by chalawaan