Bangkok, The Forensic Science Department inspected the bullet trajectory at the scene where a maniac shot and killed a police officer. Neighbors who were drinking with him stated that the deceased was a violent person who often hurt his wife and children and had a mental illness.
At 11:00 a.m., approximately 20 officers from the Central Institute of Forensic Science, Royal Thai Police, equipped with equipment to measure bullet trajectories and gunpowder residue, arrived to collect evidence and measure bullet marks and gunpowder residue at the scene.
Officers from the Central Evidence Division measured the bullet trajectory at the gas tank cover of a maroon sedan, which belonged to the perpetrator, Sia Tung, parked in front of the house where the incident occurred. The bullet holes were caused by Sia Tung, the perpetrator, spraying bullets from inside the house. They were the same bullets that killed Pol. Lt. Col. Kittichan Chanyarom, deputy commander of the prevention and suppression unit at Tha Kham Polic
e Station, and Pol. Sgt. Chaiwat Atsophonwatana, commander of the prevention and suppression unit, who was injured on his thumb.
The second point is to measure the bullet trajectory at the iron gate of the house, totaling 5 points and inside the house at another 7 points. However, from the laser measurement, it was found that the bullet trajectory from the iron gate, the bullet reached the mezzanine of the grocery store, which is the regular shop where Sia Tung often goes to drink alcohol, approximately 15 meters away from the house where the incident occurred.
While the children of the perpetrator, Sia Tung, stood nearby observing, they were not ready to be interviewed by the media, stating briefly that the news reported by the media this morning was not correct and deviated from the truth, especially the issue that the youngest daughter ran out of the scene of the incident, causing the deputy director to be shot, which was not true. They asked to go and take care of their father’s funeral and let this per
iod pass first.
However, it was reported that the police, who were his subordinates, told reporters that the family would receive Pol Lt Col Kittichan’s body from the Siriraj Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine tomorrow (July 22) and would then take the body to Wat Yang Sutharam in the Bang Khun Non area for religious rites.
The eyewitness, who is a neighbor who owns a shop opposite Sia Tung’s house, said that Sia Tum has a violent temper and has hurt his wife and children. Since he started selling here 2 years ago, he has seen Sia Tum take a gun and shoot his wife and children, so much so that he had to come out and ask for help from his neighbors twice. He also likes to shoot in the house, which makes his neighbors fed up, but they don’t dare do anything because Sia Tung has a gun. In the past, Sia Tung would come to tell him about his problems, sometimes drinking alcoholic beverages, and venting about his daughter and family members. He said that he sent his daughter to study medicine until she gra
duated, but she never took care of him, so he got sick with many diseases. His family doesn’t understand him. He has wealth, but he is not happy.
Neighbors also recounted the incident last night, saying that they heard a commotion and their daughter and wife ran out. They saw Sia Tung slap his daughter in the face with a gun. Then the daughter ran up the stairs to the second floor to save her life. They insisted that the police were acting according to tactics. The police did not execute Sia Tung, but Sia Tung shot himself to escape the crime. They themselves were crouching in the shop when they heard the last gunshot coming from Sia Tung’s house at 2 a.m. At that time, no police had broken into the house, so they believed that Sia Tung probably committed suicide to escape the crime.
Source: Thai News Agency