Deputy Commissioner of Region 1 Police convened an investigative team to urgently track down two assailants who ambushed and brutally shot a former technical student from a renowned college in the Pathumwan area. Clues indicate the motorcycle used in the escape has been spotted moving around Nakhon Pathom province. Tags: [police investigation, shooting, Pathumwan, motorcycle escape, Nakhon Pathom]
In the case where two assailants jointly attacked and fatally shot Jarukit Rodlong, 25, an electrical technician at a condominium in the Tao Poon area of Bangkok and a former technical student of a college in the Pathumwan district of Bangkok, inside Soi Chaeng Watthana-Pak Kret 23 on Chaeng Watthana Road, Khlong Kluea subdistrict, Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province, in the early morning of 21 July, as previously reported. Tags: [shooting, victim profile, Bangkok, Nonthaburi, crime report]
The latest update: at 13:00 on 22 July 2023, at the Pak Kret Police Station meeting room in Nonthaburi province, Pol. Maj. Gen. Wichit Boonchinwutikul, Deputy Commissioner of Region 1 Police; Pol. Maj. Gen. Detrapee Kongdee, Chief of Nonthaburi Provincial Police; Pol. Col. Adirek Thongkamkaew, Chief of Pak Kret Police Station; Pol. Col. Poonsuk Techaprasertporn, Chief of Investigation Division 1, Region 1 Police; Pol. Col. Supachai Srisak, Chief of Nonthaburi Provincial Police Investigation; along with investigative teams from Region 1, Nonthaburi, and Pak Kret Police Station, held a meeting lasting about 45 minutes. Tags: [police meeting, investigation update, Nonthaburi police, law enforcement coordination]
After the meeting, Pol. Maj. Gen. Wichit said he ordered a mobilization of investigative teams from Region 1 Police, Nonthaburi Provincial Police, and Pak Kret Police Station—the jurisdiction where the incident occurred—to spread out and search for clues and swiftly track down the two suspects involved. The investigation team is also interviewing related individuals to gather evidence. Tags: [investigation, police strategy, suspect pursuit, evidence gathering]
The investigation has focused on two main leads: first, conflicts among youths within the alley where the incident occurred; and second, disputes between educational institutions—specifically between the technical college the victim attended and another institution with ongoing conflicts. Currently, the investigative team is giving greater weight to the latter. Tags: [investigation leads, youth conflict, educational institution rivalry]
When asked whether the suspects had been identified, Pol. Maj. Gen. Wichit said they have not yet identified the perpetrators but are tracking their escape route. The suspects have traveled far from the crime scene. Investigators have collected considerable evidence. In Nonthaburi, authorities are preparing to compile profiles of current and former students from the two conflicting institutions to build a database and plan intensified operations to search for firearms among targeted groups. Tags: [suspect identification, evidence collection, student profiling, firearm searches]
Meanwhile, recent reports indicate the two suspects continue to use the motorcycle involved in the escape, which has been observed moving around areas of Nakhon Pathom province. Tags: [suspect movement, motorcycle, Nakhon Pathom]