Thai Police arrested a suspected gunman — a former lawmaker — after he allegedly fired shots at a local government office at the outskirts of Bangkok, on Monday morning.
The shooter fired shots at a senior provincial officer and his driver, Nonthaburi police chief Major Dejrapee Kongdee told Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile, the Bangkok Post reported that the provincial administration's president, Thongchai Yenprasert, had died in the shooting.
As per the report, the suspected shooter forced his way into the government office at about 11 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and fired several shots at Thongchai. The official was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene befoe being rushed to a local hospital where he was declared dead.
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