The evening rush at Thai Spice in Independence, Missouri, turned deadly around 7:20 p.m. when 23-year-old employee Wasinee Sankra was found on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to her head and a pool of blood around her. A customer near the kitchen doorway heard the shot and saw her collapse; bystanders’ efforts to help were unsuccessful and she died at the scene.

A coworker and cousin, 25-year-old Porntrep Phonjaroen, allegedly told the customer I did it and was taken into custody. Surveillance footage reportedly shows him taking a handgun from a bag in the kitchen and shooting Sankra without warning. A .380 caliber shell casing was recovered in the kitchen and a handgun was later found in woods behind the restaurant. During a police interview with a Thai interpreter, Phonjaroen admitted to shooting his cousin, saying he was upset with her work habits and meant to scare her.

If anyone was in Thai Spice that night or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard.