Policeman shot dead by motorcyclist

Emergency vehicles at the scene of the shooting on a rural road in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima, as medics give first aid to the patrol officer fatally shot on Tuesday night. (Photo supplied/Prasit Tangprasert)
Emergency vehicles at the scene of the shooting on a rural road in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima, as medics give first aid to the patrol officer fatally shot on Tuesday night. (Photo supplied/Prasit Tangprasert)

A fleeing motorcyclist shot dead a pursuing policeman in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday night.

Teams of police were hunting down the shooter on Wednesday.

The fatal shooting occurred on a road to Nong Noi and Nong Makha villages. It was reported around 9.35pm on Tuesday.

Police and rescue workers sent to the scene found a traffic patrol officer at  Pak Chong station unconscious on the road near his fallen motorcycle. He had been shot several times in the face. Medics performed CPR  and used a defibrillator before rushing him to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

A woman told police she saw a man riding a motorcycle at high speed with a pursuing policeman on a motorcycle close behind him.  Shortly after, she heard a series of bangs but did not realise they were probably gunshots.

She was on her way home and then found the patrol officer lying on the road with blood on his face. She immediately called police.

Police were searching for the killer, and examining recordings from surveillance cameras along the road.

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Vocabulary

  • CPR (noun): 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their chest to keep them alive by sending air around their body) - การปั๊มหัวใจ
  • defibrillator (noun): an electronic device which gives an electric shock to the heart, helping to restore a normal heartbeat -
  • fatal: causing someone to die - ถึงตาย
  • pronounced dead: officially confirmed to have died -
  • pursue: to chase someone or something in order to catch them - ไล่ตาม
  • surveillance camera: a camera kept in a place to record what happens there, especially criminal activity - กล้องวงจรปิดเพื่อรักษาการความปลอดภัย
  • unconscious : in a sleeplike condition, usually from an illness or injury - หมดสติ
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