Police gather evidence at the night restaurant in Songkhla where the shooting took place. Photos: Thai Rath

 

by TNR Staff

 

A SHOOTOUT at a night restaurant in Songkhla between two groups of customers with being policemen and their friends left one dead and two injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 15).

 

At 2.40 a.m. this morning Pol. Lt. Col. Marut Nilkosi, deputy inspector of Singha Nakhon police station, and his team rushed to the night restaurant next to Singha Nakhon municipality fire station upon hearing of the firefight.

 

Initially three people were found to have been injured after the shooting subsided with one of them, Mr. Kachen Kankunchorn, dying on the way to the hospital, while the other two, Mrs. Pranee Nilapan and Dr. Narongsak Ornnom, are undergoing treatment.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/01/15/one-dead-in-restaurant-shooting-involving-drunk-cops/

 

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Poorly educated police officers with inflated egos should sign weapons in and out before and after every shift to prevent drunken after hours shootouts . The old boys network will keep any investigation under wraps in this case as usual.

LOS.    Land of Shootings

02:40 should have been at home tucked up in bed.

Another crazy cop after what happened in the last year I think that they should have a good look at how they are recruited but money talks so they won't

Nothing good ever happens at 2:40 AM......

Police already know the identity of the man who fired the M16 round at the policemen’s party and will ask the court to issue an arrest warrant for him after collecting evidence
 

No rush only shot and killed someone , so we know it wasn’t a farang on overstay , take it easy 

 

54 minutes ago, jippytum said:

Poorly educated police officers with inflated egos should sign weapons in and out before and after every shift to prevent drunken after hours shootouts . The old boys network will keep any investigation under wraps in this case as usual.

We must have been reading different articles.

 

The one I read said that the policemen sat down and, because the policemen were being a bit noisy, one of the other customers let loose at them with an M16.

 

The policemen then defended themselves with their sidearms.

 

Why does anything need to be kept under wraps?

 

 

 

"As the policemen’s party was making a lot of noise, the first group told them to quieten down but this triggered a drunken row. A man from the first group then walked to his pickup truck and returned with the M16 rifle and opened fire at the policemen’s group, who also pulled out their firearm and shot back".

 

So he just happened to conveniently have an M16 in his pick up, remind me not to honk my horn again.

Cops out and drunk at 2.40 am ? Wonder if the shift starts at 6 am and they were tanking up for the day

to serve and protect..........drunks with guns dead people - of corse the big cheese will be along shortly to tell us all  his police force are beyond reproach and stellar officers ..... all of them lol, and lets not add driving drunk on top of the pile of this PR cluster ##

 

shameful - what a dangerous place this is - you expect things to improve over time ...................... Thailand is seriously getting worse - that is my experience 

1 hour ago, BananaStrong said:

LOS.    Land of Shootings

does the long term multi million baht visa come with free body armour 

 

 

who is to blame for this ever increasing backwards progression in Thailand since 2014 ............ guesses              /

He just happened to have an M16 in the car, how convenient!

45 minutes ago, Enoon said:

one of the other customers let loose at them with an M16.

oh well that is comforting - what is all the fuss about 

Why can't people bother to read the FULL STORY, yes the police have a bad reputation, but in this case they didn't start the shooting.

Just popping out to the restaurant, car keys; check. wallet; check. spectacles; check. loaded M 16 rifle; check. "enjoy your meal tilak"

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

He just happened to have an M16 in the car, how convenient!

Yeah, it is! Don´t you have one?

Just now, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, it is! Don´t you have one?

Only take it when I go to a restaurant!

And the legal closing time is 2am for establishments serving alcohol as we see on a regular basis with raids taking place.

But as usual the BiB are above the law that is served upon everyone else.

1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

And the legal closing time is 2am for establishments serving alcohol as we see on a regular basis with raids taking place.

But as usual the BiB are above the law that is served upon everyone else.

Give them a break. They were celebrating Children's Day....

9 hours ago, jippytum said:

Poorly educated police officers with inflated egos should sign weapons in and out before and after every shift to prevent drunken after hours shootouts . The old boys network will keep any investigation under wraps in this case as usual.

What? It wasn't the cops who opened fire first and if they had had to sign in their weapons then there would've been most likely a lot more people who would've died! 

10 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Nothing good ever happens at 2:40 AM......

I usually need to pee around that time, that's good.

9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

"As the policemen’s party was making a lot of noise, the first group told them to quieten down but this triggered a drunken row. A man from the first group then walked to his pickup truck and returned with the M16 rifle and opened fire at the policemen’s group, who also pulled out their firearm and shot back".

 

So he just happened to conveniently have an M16 in his pick up, remind me not to honk my horn again.

Something we are repeatedly advised not to do - and that there is a powerful argument for not doing it.

honey ..... I'm just popping out for a bite to eat at that nice restaurant .....  can you load my M16 that's in the wardrobe and pop it in the pick up.

11 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

So he just happened to conveniently have an M16 in his pick up, remind me not to honk my horn again.

In a southern Thai province having a loaded M16 in his pickup, the man is quite possibly a member of the Volunteer Defense Corps.

13 hours ago, hotchilli said:

02:40 should have been at home tucked up in bed.

That would depend if you were a shift worker or not.

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Cops out and drunk at 2.40 am ? Wonder if the shift starts at 6 am and they were tanking up for the day

I have done many different shift work hours

 

6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm, 10pm to 6am.

 

12 hours on and 12 hours off.

 

12 hours on and finish when you can.

 

24 hours on and 24 hours off.

 

Without knowing what shift hours were worked it is a wasted comment.

 

My mate had a big argument in a hotel because he wanted steak egg and chips and a bottle of red wine at 10:30am as it was his dinner time.  The restaurant was just finishing the breakfast serving. He got it through room service.

 

Sounds like 1840 at the corral what a nuthouse this gun culture place is becoming ????

Seems like the m16 could have slaughtered that table before they could do anything.  So was the sleeping cop on shift?  This will be interesting.   

14 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

"As the policemen’s party was making a lot of noise, the first group told them to quieten down but this triggered a drunken row. A man from the first group then walked to his pickup truck and returned with the M16 rifle and opened fire at the policemen’s group, who also pulled out their firearm and shot back".

 

So he just happened to conveniently have an M16 in his pick up, remind me not to honk my horn again.

But safer than <insert name of Western country here> ????