Vichit police arrested four men at a house behind Suan Luang park at 12:10am yesterday (June 10). The suspects were named as Panchai Nooleing, 22, Songwut Sirichum, 30, Thawatchai Choowong, 30, and Jirayu Pengchan, 22.
Police seized from the four men two home-made handguns, two 12-gauge shotgun cartridges, seven .38 bullets and two gun holsters.
The four men allegedly argued with the owner of a fruit stall on Wirat Hongyok Rd at 10pm on Tuesday.
Police soon arrived and witnesses told them that the suspects had fled into Suan Luang Park.
The officers soon found 41-year-old Somchay Kadeepisarn hiding near a fountain in the park. They also found a Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol inside the fountain, and four bullets nearby.
Somchay was taken to Vichit Police Station, where he told police that four men had been shooting at him and that the four lived in a house behind Suan Luang Park.
When Somchay arrived at the fruit stall, his relative, who owns the stall, was embroiled in a heated argument with his next-door neighbours, he said.
The neighbours started shooting in the shop, so Somchay ran to his car, grabbed a gun and returned fire, prompting the four men to flee into the park.
Somehow, no one was injured in the shoot-out.
Somchay and the other four men are currently being held at Vichit police where they have been charged with being accessories to attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and carrying weapons in a public place without a permit.