Teixeira Sentenced to Life for Surrey Murder

0:00It's April 2nd. You're listening to Vancouver News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with The Story. Brandon Toshera, the guy convicted a first-degree murder in that organized crime hit back in Surrey, just got slapped with life in prison. He took out 28-year-old Nicholas Cabra, who got gunned down outside of home on October 23rd, 2017, and died later in the hospital. Earlier this week, British Columbia's Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit announced the sentence after his guilty verdict last summer. T's there abolted to the U.S. right after charges hit in 2018. Dodging cops for three years until they nabbed him in Orville, California, in 2020, and shipped him back. This wasn't his first rodeo, dude, had a 2016 conviction for drug trafficking, plus hanging charges for aggravated assault and threats from the same year. The bus tied into a bigger probe on a crime crew linked to multiple killings. On top of life with no parole for 25 years, he pulled 14 more for attempted murder.

1:02Authorities say it's just down to keep player in that violent network, case closed for now, but these streets stay watching as the feds keep hunting the rest of that crew.