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