Chavalit Thongduang, the convict who escaped from a southern hospital on October 22, was killed today during an exchange of gunfire with police.

Chavalit, who was serving 21 years in prison on robbery and firearms charges, slipped out of Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat hospital after faking a faint.

Acting on a tip-off, police surrounded a village on a mountain ridge at the area adjoining Trang and Phatthalung provinces when the shooting began. Once the gunfire stopped, police reportedly found the body of Chavalit in the village, according to Thai PBS news service.