NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A sub-district medical practitioner was gunned down before dawn on Tuesday while working with his wife at a roadside pork stall in Chawang district.
Police were alerted at around 5am of a shooting at a pork vending stall along Jandee-Phibun road in tambon La-ai, said Pol Capt Wutthipong Wattanapreechapong, deputy investigation chief at Chawang police station.
Pusana Samosorn, 53, was shot in the back and rushed to Somdej Phra Yupparat Chawang Hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead. A 9mm pistol was found in his pickup truck.
Supaporn Ratcharak, 43, the victim's wife, was in shock after she heard a gunshot and saw her husband fall to the ground near her stall.
She told police she was busy setting out her pork for sale at the time and did not notice how many attackers were involved, what kind of vehicle they used and in which direction they fled as it was still dark.
The woman said her husband worked as a medical practitioner attached to tambon Saira in Chawang district. After the attack, she immediately alerted a nearby rescue team.
Police launched a manhunt for the attackers, but did not immedately find any clues. They believed the victim might have been aware that someone wanted to take his life as he had kept a gun in his vehicle.
A police investigation found that Mr Pusana had two wives, and Ms Supaporn was the first. Investigators suspected that the shooting might have been fuelled by jealousy or an act of revenge. The investigation was continuing.
