webfact Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Murder hunt on after Bangkok man fired at drinking buddiesBANGKOK: -- Bangkok police are hunting a 21 year old man responsible for a shooting this morning that left one man dead and another injured.Wattana district police are looking for Nakharin Thongmen who escaped in a black Toyota Fortuner after four shots were fired at 3K Mansion in Soi Pridee Phanomyong 36 around 2am reported Manager Online.A group of friends had been drinking in front of 3K Mansion when a fight broke out. The shooter couldn't compete and went inside the building to get a gun.Dead at the scene in front of a Family Mart store was Somsong Phaengkhai, 27. He had been shot in both the left and right nipples and left leg. Hit by a stray bullet in the right arm and hospitalized was Thichakorn Khamwen, 25.Police called to the scene found a trail of blood leading from the building where the shooting took place to the convenience store. A friend of the deceased man said that they were drinking alcohol when a man he called "Tor" arrived. He placed a bag of drug taking paraphernalia nearby and seeing this they told him they didn't want anything to do with that. An argument and fist fight broke out and when Tor was outnumbered he rushed into the building. They chased him but he soon emerged with a gun and started shooting. The friends all ran off in different directions."Tor" was seen dumping a Honda motorbike then driving off in the Fortuner.Police are studying CCTV footage to follow the trail of the shooter.Source: Manager Online-- 2016-06-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiduncankk Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I can see another stand off/suicide live on television coming up. His days are numbered, it's either that, or 25 years inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Its both crazy and worrying how volatile these people are, no rational adult has an argument goes get a gun and shoots dead the person only to either commit suicide or spend alot of time in prison. Tthe guy will hopefully have the next 20+ years sitting in a hole of a cell, with nothing to do except think of his actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Its both crazy and worrying how volatile these people are, no rational adult has an argument goes get a gun and shoots dead the person only to either commit suicide or spend alot of time in prison. Tthe guy will hopefully have the next 20+ years sitting in a hole of a cell, with nothing to do except think of his actions. H will say he was drunk and upset and didnt know what he was doing. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Its both crazy and worrying how volatile these people are, no rational adult has an argument goes get a gun and shoots dead the person only to either commit suicide or spend alot of time in prison. Tthe guy will hopefully have the next 20+ years sitting in a hole of a cell, with nothing to do except think of his actions. We can take it your not from America then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostmebike Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Shouldn't laugh but the use of 'buddies' in the title does bring a smile to my face. Condolences to the deceased man's family. Edited June 7, 2016 by lostmebike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmac10 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 My guess is he is on ya ba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 And the root cause is these guys didn't want to be around his drugs. That is the saddest part. He wouldn't go away with his "drug taking paraphernalia". Bets the guy was high on yabaa or the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabula Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I really miss rational thinking and common sense. Life is getting much shorter for many who associate with the wrong people. I'm glad I have no children so I don't have to think about their future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merylhighground Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Horrible. I know that area well as our maid lives there and I have often joined her and her pals for a few drinks there on a Sunday afternoon. There are a lot of young guys in that area, working hard, boozing hard, trying just as hard to get a woman, though many aren't in the game financially due to low wages there. At times trouble seems just a wrong step away especially among the group who hang around outside a karaoke bar there, trying their luck with the girls. They have been involved in a few incidents in the past. Outside of the smattering of Karaoke bars on the soi or the sex workers living in the cheap accommodation in the area (conveniently close to the lucrative working grounds of the fleshpots of Lower Sukhumwit), there are few women, especially 'women of virtue'; too few to 'go around' as it were; always a potential catalyst for a booze fuelled violent incident. I have seen a few booze fuelled disputes over women in the past though nothing on this scale, usually a fist fight or verbals. On the whole most folks seem happy-go-lucky, making the most of their lot, however leading simple but hard lives just meters away from the far more affluent parts of Sukhumwit it becomes easier to see how the frail Thai Male Ego can be 'on the edge' in that area as it were..... One incident I witnessed was when one lad snapped after spending his little all on one lass, only for her to pop off to Thong Lor after a call to pastures possibly more rewarding. Luckily that lad was calmed down before he did anything daft but whether he was 'on drugs' or not I couldn't say but he'd certainly had a skinful yet was calmed down easily enough with some wise words from his elders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 no wonder you have more murder in thailand than in whole western europe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunroaming Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Gun culture, simple as that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Bangkok police are hunting a 21 year old man How does the media decide on which 21 year old to call a "man" vs. "youth"? Answer: If the 21 year old has a police officer as parent, then he's a 'youth". This guy doesn't have the right parents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakhonandy Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Is it just me or is this madness happening a lot more lately? Guy gets killed trying to avoid drugs, you couldn't make this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchurch259 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Gun culture, simple as that Gun Control does not work here either !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bander Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Its both crazy and worrying how volatile these people are, no rational adult has an argument goes get a gun and shoots dead the person only to either commit suicide or spend alot of time in prison. Tthe guy will hopefully have the next 20+ years sitting in a hole of a cell, with nothing to do except think of his actions. Or if he have a rich family and become a monk for some years he is off the hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Gun culture, simple as that Incorrect. Thai culture of being unable to accept defeat when they can still 'win' via other means. Same the Iranian that was shot in the nightclub, the Thai said that he was losing the fight and the only way to win was to pull out his gun and shoot him. Sure, combine alcohol and wham. Stay away from Thais that have been drinking, they are for the most part emotionally and mentally unbalanced due to the culture and society, suffer from repressed anger and have a sense of Ego that is borderline psychotic. Na khrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Gun culture, simple as that The research demonstrates that simply having a gun in the proximity increases aggression and the likelihood of violence...I cannot help but wonder how many illegal guns are out there...in Chicago, you just assume EVERYONE has a gun...is this true of Thailand as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooner Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Im sure it happens in the West but how many times do hear the words "friends" or "buddies" used in these reports. It must be a translation error. I mean who shoots your friends over such trivia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Im sure it happens in the West but how many times do hear the words "friends" or "buddies" used in these reports. It must be a translation error. I mean who shoots your friends over such trivia? A Thai whose ego has been hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanku Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Is it just me or is this madness happening a lot more lately? Guy gets killed trying to avoid drugs, you couldn't make this up. I presume as papers cannot really report on any political news that they are compensating by focusing on "human interest" stories. Any crime etc but with no political overtones which might get them into trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Im sure it happens in the West but how many times do hear the words "friends" or "buddies" used in these reports. It must be a translation error. I mean who shoots your friends over such trivia? When you read the article, there is nothing to support the headline's claim that they were "buddies" or that Tor was drinking with them. A group of friends were drinking together, Tor (who they knew by name) showed up, and they decided to kick the crap out of him, with the self-serving claim it was over his drug use. Hardly an act of friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Is it just me or is this madness happening a lot more lately? Guy gets killed trying to avoid drugs, you couldn't make this up. It's a daily occurrence...and we only hear of about 20% of these incidents......most aren't reported to the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 "Crime statistics from the Royal Thai Police (RTP) show a statistically negligible increase of 1.9 percent over the same period, with 920 additional crimes reported after an overall decline since 2009.[6]" When things like this happen, it's reassuring to know that it's not really a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3030 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 If he was outnumbered and they chased him into the building... He might might be dead, if he didn't have a gun.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 "shot in both the left and right nipples " shooter had a fetish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 The police, very unprofessional. I thought they are suppose to keep a crime scene clear otherwise the evidence becomes contaminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Its both crazy and worrying how volatile these people are, no rational adult has an argument goes get a gun and shoots dead the person only to either commit suicide or spend alot of time in prison. Tthe guy will hopefully have the next 20+ years sitting in a hole of a cell, with nothing to do except think of his actions. H will say he was drunk and upset and didnt know what he was doing. Sorry Yes he was drugged and confused,let him off with 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 If he was outnumbered and they chased him into the building... He might might be dead, if he didn't have a gun.. Exactly my thought as well. We have seen quite a few of these "many against one" lately, ending in the one being stamped to death. However, not supporting the use of a gun or killing anyone for it, when the one managed to get away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manutfarang Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I used to live in that building. Sat and drank on those very steps. Was up one night and heard three gunshots, next day I read about one guy who got shot to death for not paying up when he lost at pool. Bad neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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