Pattaya waiter shoots himself after gun threat
published : 30 Sep 2024 at 07:49
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
A waiter shot himself dead in Pattaya late Saturday night as a group of taxi motorcyclists came towards him following the waiter's earlier threat to shoot one of them.
The dead man was identified as Niroot Yamphuang, a 39-year-old waiter at an entertainment venue on Pattaya Sai 3 Road. He shot himself in the head near his workplace at about 11pm on Saturday.
A few hours earlier, the waiter pointed the gun at himself and refused to surrender as requested by Pattaya police. Local people and tourists were evacuated from the area for safety.
The incident happened after a taxi motorcyclist told police that Niroot had pointed a gun at him in the area at about 5am on Saturday.
On Saturday night Niroot returned to his workplace. The taxi motorcyclist group approached him to talk but Niroot drew his gun and began walking around the neighbourhood.
Niroot told police he was stressed because he was facing an arrest warrant for murder and attempted murder charges in his native province of Ratchaburi a decade ago. Niroot then shot himself.
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Vocabulary
- evacuate: to cause to leave a place because it is not safe - เคลื่อนย้ายออกจาก
- incident: something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์
- native: connected with the place where you were born and lived for the first years of your life - แต่กำเนิด,โดยกำเนิด, พื้นเมือง
- stressed: affected by pressure, worry, etc. - วิตกกังวล
- surrender: giving yourself up - การยอมจำนน
- threat (noun): an occasion when someone says or does something that indicates they will cause you harm or problems, especially if you do not do what they want you to do - การคุกคาม,การขู่เข็ญ
- waiter: a man or boy who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant or café - บริกรชาย
- warrant (noun): a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something - หมาย
- workplace: an office; a place where people work - สถานที่ทำงาน
