Brandon Nathan Teixeira, the man arrested in California on Sunday for the murder of Nicholas Khabra in South Surrey, was motivated to kill by revenge and an alleged $160,000 bounty, according to U.S. District Court documents.
The documents, filed Dec. 2, allege that Teixeira did not act alone in planning the killing, which occurred Oct. 23, 2017.
As well, they disclose aliases that the 28-year-old is alleged to have used leading up to the shooting 91裸聊视频� including the name Ryan Provencher 91裸聊视频� the same name as one of two South Surrey men found dead near Ashcroft in August. At the time their bodies were discovered, police said the men91裸聊视频檚 deaths likely 91裸聊视频渋nvolved criminality.91裸聊视频�
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Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt. Frank Jang said Wednesday he could not comment on when or under what circumstances Teixeira may have used the name Provencher, as the matter is before the courts.
However, investigators are 91裸聊视频�100 per cent91裸聊视频� certain that Teixeira is indeed the man who was arrested, he said.
91裸聊视频淲e have our man. It is not Ryan. I91裸聊视频檓 not sure what that connection is,91裸聊视频� Jang said.
A first-degree murder charge against Teixeira was announced in September 2018.
Jang shared news of Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渄ynamic91裸聊视频� arrest on Monday afternoon (Dec. 2). It followed an anonymous tip that pointed U.S. authorities to a residence in Oroville, Calif., a small city north of Sacramento.
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Jang told Peace Arch News Wednesday that Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 violent attempts to elude capture that day 91裸聊视频� including reportedly ramming an armoured police vehicle 91裸聊视频� highlight the threat he posed while at-large.
91裸聊视频淲hen we say he was a danger to the public, he really was. He put all of those officers91裸聊视频� lives at risk,91裸聊视频� Jang said.
According to the U.S. court documents, the warrant for Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 arrest in Canada was issued in part on the basis of statements from two witnesses.
91裸聊视频淲itness A91裸聊视频� called police to report that she and her boyfriend, 91裸聊视频淣.K.,91裸聊视频� had been shot, the documents state, adding that police found N.K. dead from 91裸聊视频渕ultiple gunshot wounds,91裸聊视频� and located Witness A nearby, also suffering from gunshot wounds.
Witness A then told police she had been with N.K. and a person she knew as 91裸聊视频淜obe91裸聊视频� that evening; that she knew 91裸聊视频淜obe91裸聊视频� as a friend of N.K.; and that she 91裸聊视频渟aw 91裸聊视频楰obe91裸聊视频� holding a gun and firing it at N.K., while Witness A was sitting in her car and while 91裸聊视频楰obe91裸聊视频� and N.K. were standing outside the car and talking,91裸聊视频� the documents state.
91裸聊视频淜obe91裸聊视频� is listed in the documents as one of Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 aliases.
The documents note that Witness A then identified a photo of Teixeira, who she knew as 91裸聊视频淜obe,91裸聊视频� as the man who shot N.K.
91裸聊视频淲itness B91裸聊视频� told police 91裸聊视频渢hat he had participated with Teixeira in the planning for, and prepartion of, N.K.91裸聊视频檚 murder,91裸聊视频� the court documents state.
The witness also alleged that Teixeira told him that he wanted to kill N.K. because Teixeira believed that N.K. had set him up for an earlier shooting incident. A $160,000 contract for the murder of N.K. 91裸聊视频渇urther motivated Teixeira to kill N.K.,91裸聊视频� the witness alleged.
Further, Witness B alleged that Teixeira had planned to use his roommate91裸聊视频檚 Jeep during the shooting, while burning a second black Jeep nearby, 91裸聊视频渋n an attempt to deceive police as to which vehicle was used during the murder.91裸聊视频�
The roommate is identified in the documents as 91裸聊视频淩.P.91裸聊视频�
The court documents note that Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 aliases were 91裸聊视频渃orroborated by information found on several phones that were seized by police during the execution of a search warrant on November 3, 2017.91裸聊视频�
As well, it91裸聊视频檚 alleged that R.P.91裸聊视频檚 name was used to rent a black Jeep Compass from Oct. 1-24, 2017, and that forensic analysis determined blood found in its interior matched Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 DNA.
According to minutes from a Dec. 2 court proceeding in California, Teixeira91裸聊视频檚 lawyer told the court 91裸聊视频渉er client wishes to be returned to Canada as soon as possible.91裸聊视频�
Jang said if Teixeira is extradited, a trial on the first-degree murder charge 91裸聊视频渋s not going to happen for a while.91裸聊视频�
A 91裸聊视频渟tatus conference91裸聊视频� regarding extradition proceedings is set for Dec. 23.
tholmes@peacearchnews.com
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