Wife of man with gunshot head wound claims husband in suicide attempt



Wife of man with gunshot head wound claims husband in suicide attempt

PHUKET: A 30-year-old man is in a coma with a 12-gauge bullet wound at his left temple following an alleged suicide attempt early this morning in Thalang.

At 6:30am today (November 29) police were alerted by Thalang Hospital that a 30-year-old man had been admitted early this morning with a gunshot wound to his head in what is thought to have been a suicide attempt.

Police learned that his body had since been transported to Vachira Phuket Hoapital.

A team of investigators, led by Pol Lt Col Sanich Nukong of Thalang Police visited the patient, named as Mr Ameed Utsaha, who was in a intensive care.

At the hospital police spoke with Ms Boonruay Aree, 44, who identified herself as the patient's wife.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/wife-of-man-with-gunshot-head-wound-claims-husband-in-suicide-attempt-55177.php

-- Phuket News 2015-11-29

'Police learned that his body had since been transported to Vachira Phuket Hoapital.'

Body ... interesting way to describe a still alive person. And note the spelling mistake of hospital ...

12-gauge bullet wound at his left temple

Would suggest a 12g bullet - 1oz slug ? - would blow his hear off, not wound !

The police later found the victim at the police station. That's him in the upper right corner.

12 gauge shot gun shell... maybe something like this:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/740164/brenneke-usa-special-forces-short-magnum-ammunition-12-gauge-2-3-4-1-1-4-oz-lead-slug-box-of-5

NOT.

The police later found the victim at the police station. That's him in the upper right corner.

That's a tourist without travel insurance waiting for mum and dad to pay the hospital, in advance.

12-gauge bullet wound at his left temple

Would suggest a 12g bullet - 1oz slug ? - would blow his hear off, not wound !

If the projectile didn't take his head off, I would have thought the expanding muzzle gasses would have. Unless, of course, he wasn't holding the gun, and was shot at a distance.

What kind of 30-year-old Thai bloke has a 44-year-old wife?

What kind of 30-year-old Thai bloke has a 44-year-old wife?

The same kind of many 30 years old Thai women married with older farangs.......and for the same reason. Money.

12-gauge bullet wound at his left temple

Would suggest a 12g bullet - 1oz slug ? - would blow his hear off, not wound !

Depends on how hard he Might have fought.

Hard to get a full length 12 gauge shotgun to your own temple and still reach the trigger. Most suicides using a shot gun are done by placing the barrel in your mouth and pushing the trigger with a stick or using your toe. Not that this information is helpful. It was obviously a suicide attempt.

What kind of 30-year-old Thai bloke has a 44-year-old wife?

And the question is what may have driven him to extremes?

Hard to get a full length 12 gauge shotgun to your own temple and still reach the trigger. Most suicides using a shot gun are done by placing the barrel in your mouth and pushing the trigger with a stick or using your toe. Not that this information is helpful. It was obviously a suicide attempt.

That's why it was a bad attempt. Instructions only come in English.

Damn, would have shot myself too if I had to look at that every day!

12 gauge shot to the head and the guy is still alive. Wow, there's the universe saying, "It ain't your time to go yet."

Hard to get a full length 12 gauge shotgun to your own temple and still reach the trigger. Most suicides using a shot gun are done by placing the barrel in your mouth and pushing the trigger with a stick or using your toe. Not that this information is helpful. It was obviously a suicide attempt.

12 gauge shot to the head and the guy is still alive. Wow, there's the universe saying, "It ain't your time to go yet."

shotgun suicides of the self inflicted type, no stick necessary unless your talking a ducking hunting gun with a 39" barrel and a 5'2" thai man).. then yeah, maybe.

Whether it's in the mouth or temple, same distance eh?

12ga, doesn't have the muzzle velocity to "blow your head off". It will punch a nice hole and leave a lot of stuff on the walls.

a direct right angle position.. he would clearly be dead.

And note the spelling mistake of hospital ...

Perfect….'hoapital'...that's exactly how its pronounced in thai.

Hard to get a full length 12 gauge shotgun to your own temple and still reach the trigger. Most suicides using a shot gun are done by placing the barrel in your mouth and pushing the trigger with a stick or using your toe. Not that this information is helpful. It was obviously a suicide attempt.

An unbelievably large amount of (home made) pistols

in Thailand are configured to fire shotgun rounds. I

would hazard the guess the numbers could be as high

as in the 50% range. Loads vary from slugs to birdshot.

Hard to get a full length 12 gauge shotgun to your own temple and still reach the trigger. Most suicides using a shot gun are done by placing the barrel in your mouth and pushing the trigger with a stick or using your toe. Not that this information is helpful. It was obviously a suicide attempt.

shotgun suicides of the self inflicted type, no stick necessary unless your talking a ducking hunting gun with a 39" barrel and a 5'2" thai man).. then yeah, maybe.

Whether it's in the mouth or temple, same distance eh?

I forgot to mention in my post that the butt of the gun is placed on the floor. No need to hold the gun. Unless we are talking about an extremely short gun. Holding the gun steady with one hand, we are talking about considerable weight most of which is on the far end, is a feat within itself. Now trying to activate a trigger with the other hand makes it extremely unlikely. Not saying impossible, just unlikely.