Jose Lopez entered guilty pleas for seven of the nine charges in Kelowna court
One of the two men convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of a Surrey businessman – alleged to have been involved in the 1985 Air India bombing – was sentenced in Kelowna court for unrelated charges on March 14.
In a statement read to the court by Crown prosecutor David Grabavac, a man, who is now believed to be Lopez pointed a gun at the head of another man who had attempted to diffuse an altercation involving firearms in the parking lot behind Kelowna's Earls at approximately 1:30 a.m. A few hours later, another witness was approached by Lopez also in downtown Kelowna. Lopez allegedly asked the witnesses if they knew of any gangs, and told them he was a member of the BIBO gang. He then threatened the witnesses with bear spray and told them he"was looking to snatch a body," also stating that he was in possession of a firearm.The RCMP found Lopez, who was driving a white BMW.
Approximately one year after the incident in Kelowna, Lopez and his accomplice Tanner Fox, shot and killed Surrey businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik. Lopez and Fox have not disclosed who hired them for the murder.
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