He was taken to hospital with serious injuries
Police at the scene in Pattaya, Thailand, speaking to man nearby following the incident
A man from Merseyside was hospitalised after suffering a gunshot wound in Thailand, according to reports. Thai outlet Khaosad reports that a man, understood to be from Wirral, was hospitalised after an incident at the Soi Chaiyaphruek 1 block in Pattaya, Thailand on Tuesday, April 9.
It says that police were called to the address after the man had suffered serious injuries. At the scene, police found the man on the floor of the room, having sustained a bullet wound to his forehead.
Medical staff provided first aid before he was taken to hospital. Khaosad reported that a friend of the man told police that he had smoked marijuana and inhaled nitrous oxide. This has not been confirmed independently.
The man’s friend is reported to have said: “While I was sleeping, I heard my English friend pull the trigger with a loud click, but nothing happened.
“Not long after, I heard a gunshot. Before I got up to investigate, I found my best friend lying in a pool of blood.
“I quickly called my friend to notify the authorities to come and investigate. I ran down to ask for help from the condo’s security guard.”
A video posted on YouTube from Thai news outlet Channel 7HD shows medical staff and police officers at the scene, tending to a patient on the floor before a stretcher is brought in. Photographs of what appear to be laughing gas paraphernalia and a revolver are then shown on screen.
Officers are shown searching a room before a man with a Merseyside accent can be heard speaking to officers. He can be heard saying: “He put in the chamber, I said ‘what are you doing, you’ve got children, you’ve got a family, what are you doing?’”
He added: “So I rushed out to come here. Everything ok, we chill, we chill, we chill. I fall asleep but I hear ‘bang’.”
A Foreign Office spokesperson told the ECHO: “We are supporting a British man who has been hospitalised in Thailand and are in contact with the local authorities.”