A man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot and severely wounded his 61-year-old father late Monday night following dispute over the raising of a pit bull terrier, police said.
Hat Yai Police Station was alerted to the shooting incident, at a five-storey townhouse in Hat Yai district in Songkhla, at about 11pm.
Police said Watchara Cholphakdee, 30, died at the scene of a gunshot wound to the chest. An 11-millimetre-calibre pistol was found beside him.
When medics arrived at the scene, they found Ampol Cholphakdee, Watchara’s father, lying with a gunshot wounds to the head and the neck. A bullet had pierced his neck and hit his left eyebrow.
He was rushed to Songlanagarind Hospital.
Other residents of the house told police that the two men had quarrelled after the father disagreed with Watchara’s plan to raise a pit bull terrier.
During the dispute, the son removed his gun from a drawer and shot the father and turned the weapon on himself, they told police.
When medics and police arrived at the scene, the dog was beside the younger man’s body.
The dog had to be tied up out of fear it would attack medics and police
(Source:-The Nation, Thailand)