Robber shot in failed hold-up caught later at hospital

Robber shot in failed hold-up caught later at hospital

Kittisak Khomkham is treated for a serious gunshot wound at Ang Thong Hospital following a failed robbery on Monday. (Photo by Chalit Pumruang)
Kittisak Khomkham is treated for a serious gunshot wound at Ang Thong Hospital following a failed robbery on Monday. (Photo by Chalit Pumruang)

A lone robber who was shot and wounded while trying to rob a cash delivery van in Nakhon Sawan on Monday was later apprehended in a hospital bed in Ang Thong.

Kittisak Khomkham, 43, was treated for a serious gunshot wound when police rushed to Ang Thong Hospital to arrest him on Monday afternoon following a failed robbery earlier in the day.

The suspect was badly wounded after a bullet passed through his nose and lodged in his throat, Thai media reported on Tuesday.

The armed suspect, riding a motorcycle, was shot by one of two employees of the Bangkok Servex Co cash delivery van in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Nakhon Sawan’s Takhli district as he tried to rob them. 

He fled empty-handed on his bike, which was later found abandoned by a sugarcane plantation about 500 metres from the scene of the crime.

Police summonsed the suspect’s wife for questioning after witnesses saw him get into a pickup truck, which then drove away from the plantation.

A police investigator examines a pickup truck, driven by the suspect's wife, that was used to pick him up near the scene of the crime. The woman is seen being questioned behind the truck. (Photo by Chalit Pumpuang)

During the interrogation, the woman denied any involvement in the failed robbery. She claimed her husband called her to ask for a ride to his relative’s house in Ang Thong, and when she arrived, she discovered her husband had been shot. 

The woman was being treated as a witness, said police. If she was found to be involved, she would face legal action.Sources said Mr Kittisak used to run a car service business, but suffered losses and was forced to close down. He also had huge debts from gambling, they said.

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