Former murder suspect gunned down in Phetchaburi
A man once suspected of being involved in a murder was gunned down in Phetchaburi’s Muang district late Thursday night. Police said Sunthorn Chanriam, 34, was shot while riding a motorcycle with a 14-year-old boy along a road in Ban Hua Don village in Tambon Saphan at 11.30pm.
He was shot multiple times in the face, torso, arms and legs and died at Phetchaburi provincial hospital.
The boy said he and Sunthorn were returning home from cow-racing practice at Wat Saowakhon. They were only about 100 metres from Sunthorn’s house when the boy heard a second motorcycle’s engine revving, followed by a burst of gunfire.
Once Sunthorn’s bike was on the ground, a gunman walked up to him and fired several more shots, but ignored the boy.
Sunthorn had stood trial for murder in 2012 but was acquitted for lack of evidence.
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