British Man Critically Injured in Russian Roulette Incident After Drug & Gas Use in Pattaya

[2long]

I hope I don't get a holiday for this..... 🙏🏻🤫😉🫣

 

[MalcolmB]

I just clicked on to get the GOFUNDME details. 
It doesn’t look like it is up yet.

[RJRS1301]

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture courtesy of SiamChon.

 

A British man is in critical condition after reportedly shooting himself in the head while playing Russian roulette under the influence of cannabis and nitrous oxide, also known as “laughing gas”. The incident took place at a condominium in Chaiyapruek 1 Soi 3, Pattaya, during night of 8 April.

 

At 21:35, Pol. Lt. Col. Panasarn Khrongsit, deputy inspector of Pattaya City Police Station, received a report of a foreign national who had sustained a serious gunshot wound to the head. He immediately notified Pol. Col. Anek Srathongyu, Superintendent of Pattaya Police Station, and coordinated with Pol. Lt. Col. Apichat Jarurak, a senior officer with the Tourist Police Division, as well as local rescue workers from Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation.

 

 

Upon arrival at the 11th-floor room (number 1119) of the condominium, rescue teams found a man later identified only as “Michael,” a British national, lying unconscious in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to the centre of his forehead. Emergency medical responders performed CPR at the scene before rushing him to hospital in a critical condition.

 

The scene showed clear evidence of substance use. Blood was splattered across the floor, and several used balloons were found, believed to have contained nitrous oxide. A revolver, identified as a .38 calibre handgun, was also recovered with one spent shell casing still inside the chamber.

A 29-year-old Lithuanian national, identified only as Mr. J, who shared the condo with the victim, told police that Michael had consumed cannabis and inhaled nitrous oxide before suggesting they play Russian roulette. Mr. J said he refused and went to lie down, only to hear the sound of the revolver clicking, followed shortly after by a loud gunshot. He rushed over to find his friend critically injured and immediately alerted another friend to contact the authorities while he sought help from the building’s security personnel.

 

Pattaya police, along with forensic officers from Chonburi’s Region 2 Scientific Crime Detection Centre, are conducting a detailed investigation. Evidence has been collected from the room, and Mr. J has been taken in for questioning. Authorities are now trying to determine the origin of the firearm.

 

Police stated that further forensic testing, including gunshot residue analysis on both the victim and his roommate, will be conducted to clarify the circumstances leading up to the incident.

 

The case remains under investigation.

 

-- 2025-04-09

 

 

Wins a Darwin award

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, Hakuna Matata said:

 

Is it common for a foreigner in Thailand to possess a a .38 caliber handgun?

Would not say common but I know a few that have them.

[wensiensheng]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, but that´s fair if people take turns. This guy was stupid enough to play RR with himself. Who knows, maybe he thought he would win. 

You believe the Lithuanian’s story that he walked away and went to bed? While his mate played Russian roulette with a loaded gun in the next room? Can’t say that I do.

[Purdey]

Whether it was suicide or murder, don't play with guns.

[jvs]

1 hour ago, paul1804 said:

The moral of the story is stay away from all drugs, even overuse of cannabis isn't clever and so often leads to using other drugs despite what all the weed smokers will claim. I guess you can say the same for alcohol so everything in moderation is smart!!

Maybe it is not the drugs?

[safarimike11]

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture courtesy of SiamChon.

 

A British man is in critical condition after reportedly shooting himself in the head while playing Russian roulette under the influence of cannabis and nitrous oxide, also known as “laughing gas”. The incident took place at a condominium in Chaiyapruek 1 Soi 3, Pattaya, during night of 8 April.

 

At 21:35, Pol. Lt. Col. Panasarn Khrongsit, deputy inspector of Pattaya City Police Station, received a report of a foreign national who had sustained a serious gunshot wound to the head. He immediately notified Pol. Col. Anek Srathongyu, Superintendent of Pattaya Police Station, and coordinated with Pol. Lt. Col. Apichat Jarurak, a senior officer with the Tourist Police Division, as well as local rescue workers from Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation.

 

 

Upon arrival at the 11th-floor room (number 1119) of the condominium, rescue teams found a man later identified only as “Michael,” a British national, lying unconscious in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to the centre of his forehead. Emergency medical responders performed CPR at the scene before rushing him to hospital in a critical condition.

 

The scene showed clear evidence of substance use. Blood was splattered across the floor, and several used balloons were found, believed to have contained nitrous oxide. A revolver, identified as a .38 calibre handgun, was also recovered with one spent shell casing still inside the chamber.

A 29-year-old Lithuanian national, identified only as Mr. J, who shared the condo with the victim, told police that Michael had consumed cannabis and inhaled nitrous oxide before suggesting they play Russian roulette. Mr. J said he refused and went to lie down, only to hear the sound of the revolver clicking, followed shortly after by a loud gunshot. He rushed over to find his friend critically injured and immediately alerted another friend to contact the authorities while he sought help from the building’s security personnel.

 

Pattaya police, along with forensic officers from Chonburi’s Region 2 Scientific Crime Detection Centre, are conducting a detailed investigation. Evidence has been collected from the room, and Mr. J has been taken in for questioning. Authorities are now trying to determine the origin of the firearm.

 

Police stated that further forensic testing, including gunshot residue analysis on both the victim and his roommate, will be conducted to clarify the circumstances leading up to the incident.

 

The case remains under investigation.

 

-- 2025-04-09

 

 

Thanks for asking, but it is not me.

[2long]

18 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Whether it was suicide or murder, don't play with guns.

Murder victims generally don't play with guns.

For all we know, if this was murder, then there may not have been any RR game. It could be made up.

[Ubonian Canadian]

Pre-frontal lobotomy's must be back in style. 

[Mad Mustang]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[bananafish]

I suspect Mr. J is telling some porkies. 

[quake]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

The dear hunter ... Robert Di'nero,    

Yes.

But that is Christopher walken, in the pic.

[soalbundy]

12 hours ago, save the frogs said:

is laughing gas commonly used as a drug? 

 

It must have made the cretin see the funny side of things when he heard the explosion as the bullet left the barrel.

[DonniePeverley]

The danger is he could have gone outside and used that.

 

It's about time Thailand really had a hard look at the narcotics issue in the country. If they are going to allow marijuana, then they simply must hit out hard against the other drugs. Because as it stands drugs are all over the place here at the moment, and it's attracting some of the pits of the world. 

[barmatt]

Don't know why his friend didn't empty the revolver when told what the deceased intended to do!

[Kinok Farang]

What a way for the Brits to go top of the league again after a quiet couple a weeks.

[BangkokReady]

13 hours ago, save the frogs said:

is laughing gas commonly used as a drug? 

 

It seems that it is either used as a drug, an aerosol propellant, or to make combustion engines go faster.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide

[rough diamond]

45 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

It must have made the cretin see the funny side of things when he heard the explosion as the bullet left the barrel.

Depending on the gun could the bullet maybe faster than the speed of sound? 😂

[Mickboy]

Why have the gun in the first place ? 

[grubman]

What kind of idiot play Russian Roulette in the first place 

 

I am sure it not the weed that is the protagonist here, it is the stupidity of the individual. 

 

The question that should be asked is why was there a gun in the apartment in the first place.   

 

Stupid is as stupid does. 

 

Or maybe Mr. J has some question to answer. ????

[Rinato]

This story doesn't sound believable. 

Playing RR alone? 

His roommate went to lay down while he was stoned and playing with a gun?

[Ralf001]

4 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

This story smells.  

Nobody, not even a Brit, would play "solo" Russian Roulette, especially by pointing it at his own forehead where he can see into at least 4 of the revolver's chambers to scan if they're empty.

Either it was a really, really incorrect attempt at suicide, or more likely, attempted murder by the Lithuanian or someone else.

I'm glad to read in this article that the police will be checking the roommate to look for gunshot residue.

 

 

 

dumbass was prolly looking down the barrell and accidently pulled the trigger !

[Sierra Tango]

1 hour ago, rough diamond said:

Depending on the gun could the bullet maybe faster than the speed of sound? 😂

I'm sure some genius will be able to answer that RD but either way, there certainly would not have been enough time to perform an indepth analysis of the situation, let alone determine that there was some ironic humour involved in the fact that he had not made a wise decision.

[Dave0206]

If only 1 bullet ( the used casing) in chamber  finger print analysis should help to determine whose suggestion it was to play

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, rough diamond said:

Depending on the gun could the bullet maybe faster than the speed of sound? 😂

 

.38 is approx 100m/s slower than the speed of sound.

[RaoulDuke]

Anyone who wants to play Russian Roulette is suicidal.  There is no other explanation. No amount of weed or laughing gas is going to make someone suicidal.  People who turn to drugs before killing themselves are doing so to self-medicate and to kill the pain. It is not the drugs that drove them to do it, but the other way around.  People are always looking for a boogieman to avoid confronting our own true nature and our own personal demons.  Some people do drugs for the thrill, but they can usually stay functional and know when to say when. Many also do so as a coping mechanism, and they tend to be the ones who go way overboard.  They may lower one's inhibitions and can certainly make a bad situation worse, but they do not fundamentally change who you are. 

[rough diamond]

23 minutes ago, Dave0206 said:

If only 1 bullet ( the used casing) in chamber  finger print analysis should help to determine whose suggestion it was to play

Why?

The loading of the gun has no bearing on who fired it!

As that film actor?

[madone]

seems odd that he would choose to hold the gun to the center of his forehead. rather awkward and uncomfortable, especially if it's a bigger gun 

[AngryMan]

I used to work at a Nitrous Oxide factry making/filling the Gas Canisters.

But I had to leave, I told the memager, I refuse to be spoken to in that tone of voice!🤪