China News Service, November 3, according to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao.com, in the early morning of the 3rd local time, the Pattaya police in Chonburi, Thailand received an alarm stating that an American man was wounded in front of an apartment in Bang Lamung County. People, police and related staff went to the scene to investigate.
After seeing the police, the American man not only did not put down his gun, but shot the police with a gun, causing a reporter to be injured. The man subsequently committed suicide.
According to the informant, when he was waiting for his sister in front of the apartment before the incident, the aforementioned American man came to make trouble and hit him on the head. His sister rushed to help him when he saw it.
Before leaving, the American man took out a knife to threaten him and his sister, then returned with the gun and fired a shot into the sky. They immediately called the police for help.
The police mobilized special operations personnel to blockade the apartment, evacuated the residents of the apartment, and negotiated with the American man living in the apartment. After a period of confrontation, the American man was still reluctant to surrender. Instead, he shot the police with a gun and injured a reporter.
After that, the police blocked the relevant area and made a plan to arrest the American man.
The police surrounded the man's room and prepared to let his friends persuade him to surrender. The friend called the man but did not get a response. He opened the door and found that he had committed suicide. The police found a passport, knife, gun, etc. in the room.
The police said that the American man had a medical history and was addicted to drugs. He may have been under pressure and caused the accident. Afterwards, he will coordinate the embassy to contact his family to deal with the incident.
According to Thai media reports, the American man's gun was robbed from a shooting range.