Thananchai Manmak, who was wanted under a jury subpoena for the shooting that killed a bridge police officer and injuring another at a gathering in Nakhon Pathom on Wednesday evening, was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with officers in Tha Rua area, Kanchanaburi state, early Friday morning.
Police from the Crime Suppression Division( CSD ) and Provincial Police Region 9 were deployed in a manhunt for Thananchai, alias Nong Thapha, who allegedly opened fire that killed Pol Maj Siwakorn Saibua, chief of Highway Police Station 1 of the Highway Police Sub – division 2, and seriously injured Pol Lt Col Wasin Panpee, deputy commander of the Highway Police Sub – division 2, at a dinner hosted by Praween Chankhlai, alias Kamnan Nok, in tambon Thakong in Muang district, Nakhon Pathom province, on Wednesday night.
Some other bridge police officers were likewise present at the party.
The 45 – time – old assailant was apparently working for Mr Praween, commonly known as Kamnan Nok, 35.
Following the incident, the Nakhon Pathom Court issued two arrest warrants for Thananchai and Mr Praween. Thananchai was charged with murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of a piece and weapons. Mr Praween was charged with ordering Thananchai to commit the crime.
The situation has been transferred to the CSD for inspection.
Mr Praween surrendered to authorities on Thursday night and denied the charge, saying Thananchai had acted separately without his presence. Thananchai, yet, managed to evade capture.
On Friday at 5.45am, a police investigation team from the Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) laid siege to an abandoned mess hall behind Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang in Tha Rua, where Thananchai was hiding.
When told to give up, Thananchai opened fire in an attempt to leave, leading to a small shootout. After the gunshots ceased, Thananchai was found dead, wearing a pair of jeans and a black T – sweater, then a four – entry Ford Ranger delivery that he had used in his flight.
On Thursday, Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, acting chief of the Highway Police Division, ordered an investigation of the bridge police officials who attended the party hosted by Kamnan Nok, which resulted in the horrible affair.
The research commission, chaired by Pol Col Nathapong Pitabutr, deputy chief of the Highway Police Division, has been tasked with determining the cause of the firing and why the other police officers at the group did not intervene to stop it.
Police cordon off the shooting scene, where Thananchai Manmak, alias Nong Thapha, a suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of a highway police officer in Nakhon Pathom & nbsp, on Wednesday night, is killed in an exchange of fire with police in Tha Rua district, Kanchanaburi province, early Friday morning. ( Photo: Piyarach Chongchaoren )