Brandon Teixeira Convicted of First-Degree Murder In Surrey, B.C., Shooting
Brandon Teixeira was paid $160,000 to kill Nicholas Khabra, believed to have set him up in a prior drive-by shooting, according to court testimony.
- The B.C. Supreme Court found Brandon Teixeira guilty of first-degree murder for the 2017 shooting death of Nicholas Khabra in Surrey.
- Teixeira was charged in September 2018 but fled to the U.S., where police arrested him in late 2019 before extraditing him back to Canada in April 2020.
- The conviction followed a complex joint investigation by CFSEU-BC and IHIT into an organized crime group linked to multiple homicides, including Khabra's killing.
- Mandeep Mooker of the homicide team called it a 'complex joint investigation' and praised the BC Prosecution Service for its outstanding work on the case.
- The verdict implies law enforcement’s ongoing focus on organized crime-related homicides and prepares for sentencing expected in September 2025.
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Brandon Teixeira convicted of first-degree murder in B.C. organized crime killing
SURREY - British Columbia homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of first-degree murder over a 2017 organized-crime killing in Surrey, B.C.
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SURREY — British Columbia homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of first-degree murder over a 2017 organized-crime killing in Surrey, B.C. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team say Brandon Teixeira fled to the United States in 2018 after being charged with the murder of 28-year-old Nicholas Khabra, who was shot to death in Surrey. Teixeira evaded police until he was eventuall…
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