Suspected patricide severely injured by police
A man who allegedly shot and killed his father in Lop Buri was severely injured in a gunfight with police in Sing Buri on Tuesday morning.
The gunfight between officers and Surachai Chainan, 26, happened shortly after the Lop Buri police chief gave a shoot-to-kill order if the suspect resisted arrest.
Surachai allegedly stole a pistol from an Army shooting range in Lop Buri and killed his own father, an Army sergeant, on Monday.
Police were alerted that Chainan had been spotted at a resort in Sing Buri’s In Buri district at 8am.
When police arrived at the resort, the suspect tried to flee on a motorcycle but officers blocked the way from both sides.
Police said the suspect was the first to open fire at police, prompting them to return fire. The suspect was shot once in the head, once in the hand and twice in the leg. He was sent to Sing Buri Hospital where he was under close observation.
