A copy of the arrest report provided to The Phuket News confirmed that Thai national Somphot Piemsak, 54, registered as living on Phisit Goranee Rd in Patong, was arrested in front of the B-Lay Tong Phuket resort on the Patong beach road at 4am.
Somphot was found in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and bullets.
Patong Police were notified of the shooting at 1:50am. Police were told that a foreign man had trespassed into the resort and “caused chaos” inside the resort. The foreign man had been confronted and two gunshots were fired, said the report.
Police have not released any further details of the shooting or the arrest.
Police also have not released any details of the victim’s medical condition.
The arrest report did confirm that Somphot was facing charges of “attempt to kill someone” and “carrying a firearm in a city, village or public way without justifiable reason”.