Former police officer killed family after fatally shooting 37 at childcare centre in Thailand

The gunman fled the scene, shooting from his car as he drove home, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life, police said.

In this image taken from video, a distraught woman is comforted outside the site of an attack at a daycare center. Picture: Mungkorn Sriboonreung Rescue Group via AP

At least 24 children and 11 adults were killed Thursday in an attack that began at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, authorities said.

The gunman then fled the scene, shooting from his car as he drove home, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life, police said.