2 killed in Samut Prakan shooting

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2012
2 killed in Samut Prakan shooting

Two people were killed and two others injured in a shooting on Theparak Road in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district at 12.30am yesterday.

Police suspected that drugs were the cause of the shooting because the four had prior criminal records involving drugs in Phra Khanong and Samrong Neu police jurisdictions.
Police found the victims in a Honda City sedan riddled with 33 bullet holes. They collected 41 bullets casings from the scene. Five people were in the car, and had left a friend’s house on Soi Likhit 7 to get a snack, the friend told police. Weerawat Kwanphetch, 24, and Abhisit Inthachai, 23, were fatally shot while Sayan Kaewnut, 27, and Wannisa Premsri, 27, were injured. An 18-year-old female passenger was not hurt.
A female eyewitness at a nearby bar told police that a black car overtook the Honda and stopped in front of it before its occupants opened fire. Another vehicle, a pick-up truck, came from behind and its occupants also shot at the Honda. She and others at the bar fled inside until it was silent before coming to rescue the victims and alert police. However, police later determined that the attackers had used only one pick-up truck.