Police check video after bystanders killed in shoot-out

Police know the names of three of the four suspects, who are from the Sutthisarn and Huai Khwang areas of Bangkok. Charoen said the gang, whose members have prior police records for drug offences, aimed shots at a rival gang in a narcotics-related conflict, but the bullets hit innocent bystanders.

In a separate incident, police are also looking for a taxi driver who on Sunday shot and seriously injured his passenger Pawinkiat Kavikijpisit after a heated argument stemming from Pawinkiat’s reportedly being drunk and throwing up in the cab. Pawinkiat suffered a punctured lung and was in stable condition in hospital.

Elsewhere, Songkran celebrations in Sukhothai’s Muang district were marred when a gang of young people opened fire at a rival gang on Sunday evening, resulting in one death and three injuries. 

In Chon Buri’s Sri Racha district, police responding to reports of a shooting at 9am yesterday seized an assault rifle and 49 rounds of ammunition on Sukhapibal 8 Road. Police arrested one of the two men who had reportedly initiated the attack, Permporn Khongkhasri, 35, who was found beaten up at the scene. Police later arrested Supoj Ngamsa-nga, 25, who helped the other assailant, identified as Niwat Pongpul, 37, to flee.