They climbed to the second story the place they confronted the suspect, recognized as 29-year-old Anuwat Waentong, senior officers advised reporters.

Police Lt. Gen. Thanayut Wutthicharatthamrong stated Anuwat fired a hail of bullets at them with a handgun, at the very least six stopped by their shields, earlier than police shot him useless.

“My males would have been shot many occasions with out the shields.” he stated.

Thanayut advised reporters police had adopted acceptable procedures in making an attempt to finish the state of affairs, beginning with negotiations and escalating to lethal drive. He stated {that a} extended standoff might have endangered police in addition to different folks.

The three useless have been two males and a motorbike supply driver, whose our bodies lay outdoors the home, however couldn’t instantly be retrieved as a result of they have been within the line of fireplace. They have been recovered solely late Wednesday night time when a car was employed to assist defend police from the gunman’s hearth.

Police had cordoned off the neighborhood and evacuated kids from close by faculties and care facilities shortly after the standoff started early Wednesday afternoon. Intermittent volleys of gunfire got here from the home all through the siege.

The suspect’s mom was dropped at the location at one level to plead along with her son over a bullhorn to offer himself up, however acquired no response.

Thai media initially reported that Anuwat had been as a consequence of make a court docket look Wednesday on a drug cost, however police stated they have been nonetheless investigating the reason for the tragedy. Thai media reported Thursday that two of the useless males have been concerned in a authorized dispute with Anuwat after he had a bodily altercation with certainly one of them a number of months in the past.

The Phetchaburi incident got here only a week after a police lieutenant colonel in Bangkok engaged in a 27-hour standoff with cops who have been making an attempt to detain him for psychiatric therapy. The officer died in a hospital after being shot by police.