He told CNN his son is “guilty” but he doesn’t know why the boy allegedly carried the attack. Anutin later told reporters that the gunman had died after he turned the weapon on himself. An 18-year-old student told Reuters that he initially thought there were firecrackers going off. “My son called me from Japan in a panic, telling me that he’d heard there was a shooting at his school. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Yodchanan Wongsawat said Friday a new mental health action plan to support teachers and students would be announced following the shooting.