Wanlop Waitakhot was captured
Sept. 13 after a hidden security camera showed him shooting the three women
execution style. Amazingly, all 3 women survived.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
A former employee has been arrested for allegedly shooting his
former boss and two others during a robbery of about 100,000 baht in gold
and electronics from a Pattaya beauty-care shop.
Wanlop Waitakhot, 22, was captured Sept. 13 after a hidden security camera
showed him shooting the three women execution style at Best Foam Thailand on
Soi Nernplabwan the day before. A second unidentified man, holding a knife
in the video, remains at large.
Owner of the herb-based products store Sirirat Yodduang, 30, her mother
Lhukshin Kropthanyakit, 63, and employee Salisha Thamniyom, 33, miraculously
only suffered grazing shots to the head, despite having to lie on the ground
while Wanlop allegedly shot them. Police deduced the former employee, who
was fired for stealing, was either a really bad shot or used bullets too
small for the 22-caliber pistol.
Sirirat said he incident began when the two suspects in full motorbike
helmets entered the shop, guns out, forcing them to open the safe while
remaining quiet. They took a 2-baht-weight gold necklace, quarter-baht gold
ring, 20,000 baht cash and an Apple iPhone.
The women were then told to lie face down on the ground while Wanlop
allegedly fired four shots.
