Former Professional Competitive Shooter Nabbed After Fatal Gunfire Incident in Chiang Mai

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Chiang Mai—At 11:40 PM, on March 15th, 2024, San Kamphaeng police officers received a fatal shooting report on the Pa Phai-Super Road, San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, causing one casualty and one injury.

San Kamphaeng police and emergency services were dispatched to the incident scene and found a grey pickup truck plunged into a canal on the roadside. Inside the pickup truck, two victims were identified only as Mr. Aek, 28, who was fatally shot at his right eye and right shoulder a total of three times, and Mr. Nophasin, 41, who was shot at his left shoulder one time, according to the police report.

 

Unfortunately, Aek, the victim, was announced deceased by physicians after being transferred to Lanna Hospital, and Nophasin was currently receiving medical treatment, according to the police report.

 

The forensic officers gathered evidence at the crime scene and found six bullet shells. Upon the police investigation, the police were able to track down the suspect from local CCTV. The suspect was publicly identified as Mr. Rungroj Promsiri, a 42-year-old former firearms shooting competitor driving a white pickup truck on the incident day.

 

By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-03-18

 

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[Korat Kiwi]

Hmmm will be interesting to see what happens to this guy.   Maybe he was disrespected and lost face. 

 

Natural reaction.... Fill them full of lead. 

 

Go pay homage to local monks and all is forgiven,  after you flick 500 baht to any relatives. 

 

I wonder how much coverage this will be given before it's swept under the carpet. 

[hotchilli]

According to the police report, the suspect reportedly confessed to the police officers that on the incident day, he was intoxicated and drove around the town. While he was at an intersection, at a traffic box, there was a human-drawn figure, he then shot at the figure as he believed it was a person looking at him, said Rungroj

After that, the suspect reportedly stated that the victims looked at him wrong making him infuriated, and he then tailed the victims and shot them causing the truck to plunge into the canal. The suspect then went down and shot at them with more than 10 rounds of bullets and drove back to his room, according to Rungroj.

 

Needs to be put away for a very longtime.... preferably solitary confinement, just in-case someone should look at him wrong.

 

[connda]

"It was reported that Rungroj held firearm-related offenses in 2023 as locals reported that he often shot at the sky."

Which is the first signal that the gun owner should probably not have guns.  Responsible gun owners don't go firing rounds into the sky.  This is tragic.

[connda]

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

While he was at an intersection, at a traffic box, there was a human-drawn figure, he then shot at the figure as he believed it was a person looking at him, said Rungroj

Dude must have be three-sheets-to-the-wind.

[Korat Kiwi]

Wow... One loose cannon for sure. 

[Thingamabob]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

According to the police report, the suspect reportedly confessed to the police officers that on the incident day, he was intoxicated and drove around the town. While he was at an intersection, at a traffic box, there was a human-drawn figure, he then shot at the figure as he believed it was a person looking at him, said Rungroj

After that, the suspect reportedly stated that the victims looked at him wrong making him infuriated, and he then tailed the victims and shot them causing the truck to plunge into the canal. The suspect then went down and shot at them with more than 10 rounds of bullets and drove back to his room, according to Rungroj.

 

Needs to be put away for a very longtime.... preferably solitary confinement, just in-case someone should look at him wrong.

 

Never forget, looking at somebody can result in death. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, connda said:

Dude must have be three-sheets-to-the-wind.

That's for sure

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Never forget, looking at somebody can result in death. 

I never realised Thais were so touchy, until I noticed the change in behaviour as the alcohol consumption increased.