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 乌鸦传媒� including the name Ryan Provencher 乌鸦传媒� 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 men乌鸦传媒檚 deaths likely 乌鸦传媒渋nvolved criminality.乌鸦传媒�
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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 乌鸦传媒�100 per cent乌鸦传媒� certain that Teixeira is indeed the man who was arrested, he said.
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A first-degree murder charge against Teixeira was announced in September 2018.
Jang shared news of Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒渄ynamic乌鸦传媒� 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 Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 violent attempts to elude capture that day 乌鸦传媒� including reportedly ramming an armoured police vehicle 乌鸦传媒� highlight the threat he posed while at-large.
乌鸦传媒淲hen we say he was a danger to the public, he really was. He put all of those officers乌鸦传媒� lives at risk,乌鸦传媒� Jang said.
According to the U.S. court documents, the warrant for Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 arrest in Canada was issued in part on the basis of statements from two witnesses.
乌鸦传媒淲itness A乌鸦传媒� called police to report that she and her boyfriend, 乌鸦传媒淣.K.,乌鸦传媒� had been shot, the documents state, adding that police found N.K. dead from 乌鸦传媒渕ultiple gunshot wounds,乌鸦传媒� 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 乌鸦传媒淜obe乌鸦传媒� that evening; that she knew 乌鸦传媒淜obe乌鸦传媒� as a friend of N.K.; and that she 乌鸦传媒渟aw 乌鸦传媒楰obe乌鸦传媒� holding a gun and firing it at N.K., while Witness A was sitting in her car and while 乌鸦传媒楰obe乌鸦传媒� and N.K. were standing outside the car and talking,乌鸦传媒� the documents state.
乌鸦传媒淜obe乌鸦传媒� is listed in the documents as one of Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 aliases.
The documents note that Witness A then identified a photo of Teixeira, who she knew as 乌鸦传媒淜obe,乌鸦传媒� as the man who shot N.K.
乌鸦传媒淲itness B乌鸦传媒� told police 乌鸦传媒渢hat he had participated with Teixeira in the planning for, and prepartion of, N.K.乌鸦传媒檚 murder,乌鸦传媒� 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. 乌鸦传媒渇urther motivated Teixeira to kill N.K.,乌鸦传媒� the witness alleged.
Further, Witness B alleged that Teixeira had planned to use his roommate乌鸦传媒檚 Jeep during the shooting, while burning a second black Jeep nearby, 乌鸦传媒渋n an attempt to deceive police as to which vehicle was used during the murder.乌鸦传媒�
The roommate is identified in the documents as 乌鸦传媒淩.P.乌鸦传媒�
The court documents note that Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 aliases were 乌鸦传媒渃orroborated by information found on several phones that were seized by police during the execution of a search warrant on November 3, 2017.乌鸦传媒�
As well, it乌鸦传媒檚 alleged that R.P.乌鸦传媒檚 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 Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 DNA.
According to minutes from a Dec. 2 court proceeding in California, Teixeira乌鸦传媒檚 lawyer told the court 乌鸦传媒渉er client wishes to be returned to Canada as soon as possible.乌鸦传媒�
Jang said if Teixeira is extradited, a trial on the first-degree murder charge 乌鸦传媒渋s not going to happen for a while.乌鸦传媒�
A 乌鸦传媒渟tatus conference乌鸦传媒� regarding extradition proceedings is set for Dec. 23.
tholmes@peacearchnews.com
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