Gunman who allegedly killed police officer found dead after nighttime standoff with police

Police managed to enter the house in Soi 2 on Rama 2 Road in Bangkok’s Bang Bon district at 5:51 a.m. and declared suspect Boonma dead after a firefight with commando police who had besieged the house.

The police said the cause of death would be determined by an autopsy. They would not say whether the man was shot by police or whether he took his own life with the gun found next to his body.

Boonma’s body was found under a staircase on the mezzanine floor of his commercial building.

Police surrounded the commercial building after Lt. Col. Kitchon Chanyarom, deputy commander of Thakham Police Station, was allegedly shot dead by Boonma when he rushed to the house after hearing a complaint. The police team was later reinforced by a commando team.