Bang Bua Thong:Police are urgently searching for a gunman after two cars engaged in a fierce gunfight on a road in the Bang Bua Thong area, resulting in 18 shots being fired late on October 9th. The incident has caused fear among residents, with homes and vehicles sustaining damage.
According to Thai News Agency, CCTV footage captured the gunfire at 117 AM in front of a steel rebar shop on Wat Lad Pla Duk Road. A bronze-colored car was seen parking in front of a metal sheet shop, followed by another bronze-colored car whose occupants opened fire, discharging more than 15 shots. The cars then engaged in a chase, exchanging gunfire over 200 meters towards the Bang Rak Pattana subdistrict.
Reporters discovered 18 spent bullet casings along the chase route, which extended from the steel rebar shop to a local food stall. The gunfire shattered the windshield of a parked pickup truck and broke the office windows of the metal sheet shop. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities were reported.
Local residents and vendors are greatly concerned, as the shooting took place near their shops and narrowly missed areas where people were resting. Investigators from the Bang Bua Thong Police Station are analyzing evidence and CCTV footage to identify the vehicles involved and apprehend the suspects for prosecution.