Suspected cop killer shot dead at Korat resort
published : 21 Feb 2023 at 09:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
A man suspected of shooting dead a motorcycle policeman in Pak Chong district two weeks ago was killed in a shootout with police at a resort in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday.
Police said that about 9.03pm on Feb 7 Pol L/Cpl Atthapol Boonmee of Pak Chong station was shot dead while patrolling on a motorcycle along a road in tambon Pak Chong.
He was wearing a bullet-proof vest, but was shot in the face.
Mongkolchai Ngamkhunthod, 32, of Pak Chong district, was the prime suspect.
About 12.30am on Monday, a team of police went to a resort in Kham Thaleso district where Mongkolchai and four other men had been staying in two rooms since Feb 18.
When police called out for his surrender, Mongkolchai opened fire with a gun, police said. Police returned fire and the wanted man was killed.
Police said Mongkolchai had been jailed four times for drug offences.
Pol L/Cpl Atthapol's family was entitled to all death benefits, amounting to about 2 million baht, and he would receive a posthumous promotion to a higher rank. His younger sister would be eligible to join the police force.
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Vocabulary
- benefit: money provided by the government to people who need financial help because they are unemployed, ill/sick, etc - เงินสงเคราะห์
- bullet-proof vest: a covering for the upper body which protects a person from bullets - เสื้อเกราะ
- eligible: allowed by rules or laws to do something or to receive something - มีสิทธิ
- entitled: having the right to have or do something - มีสิทธิโดยชอบ
- jail (verb): to put somebody in prison - จำคุก
- offence: a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment - การกระทำผิดกฎหมายหรือข้อบังคับ
- patrol: to move regularly around a place in order to prevent trouble or crime or to watch for an enemy - ลาดตระเวน
- posthumous: after the death of the person -
- prime suspect: the person police think is most likely to have committed a crime -
- surrender: to give yourself up - ยอมจำนน
