Bangkok, A crazy man on Rama 2 Road took a family member hostage and shot a police officer to death while he was trying to stop the incident. The latest update is that he has died and a gun was found next to his body.
In the case of Mr. Boonma or Hia Tung, aged 49, who had an argument with someone in the house before using an unknown caliber gun to shoot Pol. Lt. Col. Kittichan Chanyarom, Deputy Superintendent of Prevention and Suppression, Tha Kham Police Station, and Pol. Sgt. Chaiwat Atsophonwatana, Commander of Prevention and Suppression, Tha Kham Police Station, who was injured due to shrapnel hitting his left thumb, the incident occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m. on July 20 at a village in Soi 2, Phra Ram 2 Road, Bang Bon Subdistrict and District, Bangkok.
Throughout the night that the news team was observing, the police used a loudspeaker to negotiate and persuade the perpetrator to surrender, but the perpetrator resisted and fired back at intervals before the gunfire stopped at approximately 2:39
a.m.
Then at approximately 5:20 a.m., officers used three sound bombs and threw them into the house where the perpetrator was hiding. At approximately 5:50 a.m., officers found the body of the deceased on the mezzanine of the house.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Samran Nuanma revealed that initially, an unknown caliber gun was found next to the body of the perpetrator. As for the time of death and the cause of death, we still have to wait for the results of the forensic examination. As for other details, they are currently being investigated by the forensic evidence division. He confirmed that the operation was carried out in accordance with tactics.
Source: Thai News Agency