A British man was gunned down yesterday after leaving a gym in a beach resort in Pattaya by a shooter who fired a single shot into his victim’s head before fleeing, police said.
Police in Pattaya said Tony Kenway, 39, was shot around 9am after getting into his red Porsche.
“The shooting happened just after 9am when a British man left Sanit Sports Club and got into his car,” said Pol. Maj. Gen. Somprasong Yentaum, head of the Chonburi police.
“He was shot once in his head, the bullet casing was a .38 caliber,” he added.
Security footage of the murder was published online by Thai media.
It showed a man walk up to the victim’s car, open the door and fire a shot before jumping on a parked moped and making his getaway.
Eyewitnesses described the killer as a “chubby man wearing a white T-shirt and a black jacket, sports shoes and a cap that partially hid his face,” according to Bangkok Post.
Somprasong said there was a crowd outside the gym that witnessed the killing and that the man’s wife was baffled as to why he may have been targeted.
A spokesman at the British embassy in Bangkok confirmed a national had been killed and that officials were in touch with both the man’s family and local police.
Pattaya boasts a large expat population and is notorious for its go-go bars and links with organized crime.
Story: AFP/ Bangkok Post
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