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Angry Pickup Truck Driver Who Fired Shots at Gas Station Surrenders, Faces Serious Charges, Claims He Was Kicked First

Crime25 Aug 2026 16:25 GMT+7

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Angry Pickup Truck Driver Who Fired Shots at Gas Station Surrenders, Faces Serious Charges, Claims He Was Kicked First

An angry pickup truck driver who fired shots at a gas station has surrendered to the Chief of Bang Yai Police Station. He faces serious charges and was taken for firearm confiscation. He claims the shooting was triggered because he was kicked first.,

On 25 Aug 2026 GMT+7, after the incident, Mr. Anan Junmusi, 34, was shot and sustained minor injuries to his right side at a gas station along Kanchanaphisek Road inbound toward Taling Chan, Bang Muang Subdistrict, Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province. Police Colonel Siraphop Anusiri, the chief, summoned him for questioning at the station to have investigators take the victim's statement and gather evidence to request an arrest warrant from Nonthaburi Provincial Court.

Later the same day at 15:15 GMT+7, Mr. Sanan Songsri, 50, from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, the suspect who shot Mr. Anan and his son, turned himself in to Police Colonel Siraphop Anusiri, Chief of Bang Yai Police Station. After questioning, police took the suspect to confiscate the firearm at his residence in Bang Mae Nang Subdistrict, Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province.

While taking the suspect to confiscate the gun, reporters asked what caused the incident. Mr. Sanan replied simply, “I was kicked first.”




Initially, police charged him with attempted murder, carrying a firearm in a city, village, or public area without a permit, and discharging a firearm in public without justifiable cause.