Contractor tells wife of a 3 million baht bounty on his head - she thought it was drunken talk - then he's shot 22 times

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on a gruesome murder outside the Wiangsra Crown Prince Hospital in Wiang Sa, Surat Thani, southern Thailand yesterday.

 

A 44 year old building contractor called Somporn was gunned down while driving his Isuzu pick-up. 

 

There were 22 bullet holes in the vehicle and evidence on the road of shots from both 9 mm and 0.45 mm weapons. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Mem, Somporn's wife, said that a week ago her husband was drunk and had told her there was a 3 million baht bounty on his head and three people wanted him dead.

 

She dismissed it as drunken talk at first but still told him to take care nonetheless. She believed it to be a business conflict.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Police said that the deceased dealt in satellite dishes and was a building contractor and was on his way to a work site when he was ambushed.

 

There were at least two assailants who had been in a Toyota Vios.
 

They are keeping and open mind as to the motive for the murder. 

 

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[Mywayboy]

If I was him I wouldn't be ironing a shirt for Monday. 

[worgeordie]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

There were 22 bullet holes in the vehicle and evidence on the road of shots from both 9 mm and 0.45 mm weapons. 

They really wanted him dead , 

regards Worgeordie

[GroveHillWanderer]

10 minutes ago, Mywayboy said:

If I was him I wouldn't be ironing a shirt for Monday. 

You do understand that he's dead, right?

[Boomer6969]

4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

They really wanted him dead , 

regards Worgeordie

Naahh, they did as the saw in the movies: never aim while you empty your magazine.

[BangkokReady]

25 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

You do understand that he's dead, right?

Well, he's not wrong.  He wouldn't be ironing a shirt for Monday if he was the man in the article. ????

[GroveHillWanderer]

14 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Well, he's not wrong.  He wouldn't be ironing a shirt for Monday if he was the man in the article. ????

The way it's worded implies the person in question has a choice of whether to iron a shirt or not. He doesn't.

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

The way it's worded implies the person in question has a choice of whether to iron a shirt or not. He doesn't.

Correct.

[Rimmer]

Predicable troll post has been removed

[kidneyw]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

There were 22 bullet holes in the vehicle

Yep, 3m Baht bounty will cause that.

[Lemsta69]

0.45mm? that's an awfully small round. 

[Will B Good]

How odd......watched Jack Reacher last night and he took at least 400+ rounds in his car.....not a scratch (him, not the car).

[Gold Star]

Thanks to poor Mr. Somporn,

Thai building construction quality improves overnight.

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

How odd......watched Jack Reacher last night and he took at least 400+ rounds in his car.....not a scratch (him, not the car).

Movies get more silly each decade.

[Sparktrader]

3 hours ago, Mywayboy said:

If I was him I wouldn't be ironing a shirt for Monday. 

Never iron anything. Must have been big dispute with rival.

[Lemsta69]

3 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Naahh, they did as the saw in the movies: never aim while you empty your magazine.

they don't have magazines in the movies, they have "clips". Clips that magically never empty.

[Scott Tracy]

33 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

they don't have magazines in the movies, they have "clips". Clips that magically never empty.

I used clips to load the magazine when it was on a rifle...but they were mags if they were attached to or part of the weapon. Never used a clip to.load a pistol magazine. Had quick re loader for revolvers, no clips...but that's not the point..

[Lemsta69]

35 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

I used clips to load the magazine when it was on a rifle...but they were mags if they were attached to or part of the weapon. Never used a clip to.load a pistol magazine. Had quick re loader for revolvers, no clips...but that's not the point..

in Hollywood they be clips, and this is how you aim your gat ????

 

 

[Boomer6969]

9 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

in Hollywood they be clips, and this is how you aim your gat

Actors are lazy, that's why.

[Lemsta69]

7 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Actors are lazy, that's why.

Huh? Actors do what the director tells them to do and say what the script tells them to say. 

 

Calling magazines "clips" and using a side grip for your "gat" is a gang thing and has subsequently made its way into the mainstream. But by the sounds of it you ain't "OG" ????

[MrJ2U]

I've actually seen a contractor shot at.  Lot's of shoddy and crooked Contractors out there. People don't take kindly to being taken advantage of. 

[Peterphuket]

I think I'm going to sell my Isuzu, it's not safe enough against bullets.

In movies the driver is always alive.

[Boomer6969]

1 hour ago, Lemsta69 said:

Huh? Actors do what the director tells them to do and say what the script tells them to say. 

 

Calling magazines "clips" and using a side grip for your "gat" is a gang thing and has subsequently made its way into the mainstream. But by the sounds of it you ain't "OG" ????

No, I'm not an obese geezer.

[hotchilli]

Do you think there are enough spectators watching?

[jacko45k]

18 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

The way it's worded implies the person in question has a choice of whether to iron a shirt or not. He doesn't.

Could his wife perhaps do it for him?

(Just thought I might join in the nonsense!)

[LukKrueng]

On 11/12/2022 at 1:06 PM, Lemsta69 said:

0.45mm? that's an awfully small round. 

Yes, and "They are keeping and open mind as to the motive for the murder. "

[Lemsta69]

8 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

Yes, and "They are keeping and open mind as to the motive for the murder. "

I missed that, how shocking! What happened to journalistic standards? The editor must be on the on Lao Khao or the Ya Dong.

 

[JeffersLos]

On 11/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, webfact said:

had told her there was a 3 million baht bounty on his head

Where was she at the time of the execution? 

[ChaiyaTH]

He must have had the Napoleon syndrome as well, I would have gone into hiding if knowing that.

[VinnieK]

Brazen attack in a very public place.

I assume it was during daytime 

I would hazard the killers weren't street hoodlums.