Unleaded, please

A determined thief realized the hard means that toy guns are not very effective in finishing up armed robberies, especially when the supposed sufferer is packing actual heat. At 12:15 am on July 11, Pol Lt Col Prayong Khotsakha, an Inspector with Udon Thani’s Muang District Police, obtained a report of an tried robbery at a small gas station in Tambon Nakham, about 17 kilometers out of town alongside the highway from Udon Thani to Sakhon Nakhon. Arriving at the scene with fellow officers, he discovered a critically-injured man mendacity beneath a darkish blue Honda bike, with a single .22 caliber bullet wound to the left facet of his chest. Beside him on the highway was a duplicate gun. Later identified as 29-year-old Wiwat Santiwattanakul. whose first name means “Peace” and whose surname means “Clan of the Peaceful and Prosperous”, the injured man was rushed to Udon Thani Central Hospital. The fuel station proprietor, 59-year-old Somchai Thongnarong, told police that one of his pump attendants, 25-year-old Phichit Channarong, had additionally been shot in the theft try and had been rushed to hospital earlier. K. Somchai said he closed up the two-pump station as traditional that night at 10 pm, turning out the lights and retiring contained in the office together with his wife. Sleeping on a cot exterior, in entrance of the pumps, was K. Pichit – presumably to observe over the pumps or service any late-night motorists who desperately need gas after the official closing time. He had with him a shoulder bag. K. Somchai recounted, “I was awoken all of a sudden by the sound of Phichit screaming, ‘Help! It’s a robbery!’” Sliding open the window of the workplace, K. Somchai noticed his trusty worker grappling with the robber, the pair spinning in circles, each trying to get management of the shoulder bag. Nearby on a motorcycle sat two extra thugs, armed with knives and watching the proceedings. “As soon as they saw me through the window, they raised their knives and started towards me. But they stopped of their tracks when I let off a warning shot,” he mentioned. But the warning shot did not deter the third thief from making an attempt to steal the shoulder bag, and his wrestle with K. Phichit continued. “That’s after I took goal and fired. But Simple hit K. Pichit within the arm and he fell to the ground. “After that, the assailant pulled out his personal gun and educated his sights on me. But I fired first, hitting him in the chest,” he stated. They say there could be honor amongst thieves, however on this night time it was apparently briefly supply. Rather than help their wounded comrade, the two knife-wielding accomplices jumped on their motorbike and sped off. Wiwat, the person of peace, tried to do the identical. Despite having a bullet lodged in his chest, he got on his motorcycle, money bag finally in his possession, and began to drive off. He didn’t get far, nevertheless, before losing his balance and falling to the street. K. Somchai, who had been working the station for many years, stated he bought the gun after he was robbed of 5,000 baht in cash and a mobile phone during an identical attack in June 2003. He had already used the weapon to fend o