Hitman in 2020 Richmond murder sentenced

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "A hitman who fired seven rounds through the window of a Richmond restaurant four years ago, killing alleged money launderer Jian Jun Zhu and injuring another diner, has been sentenced to life in prison."

If he was a hitman he was hired to commit the murder. No word on who hired him. That's a familiar pattern in BC. The judge's decision has been posted online. 

The Tyee is reporting that "According to prosecutors, the shot that killed Zhu was probably intended for Paul King Jin, who was injured in the hail of bullets. Jin was a target of the RCMP’s massive E-Pirate investigation, a multi-year effort that collapsed as a result of inadvertent disclosures and administrative errors by the RCMP. Two other guests that night at the Manzo were later killed in separate shootings"

Casino.org is reporting that "Antonuk didn’t say who hired Reed, nor reveal their motive for wanting Jin dead. But he did claim members of the group that ordered the assassination were inside the restaurant at the time of the attack."

That could be true but it could also be a lie. He's not going to implicate the people who hired him unless he has to. It's easy to blame someone who's already dead. 

Vancouver is Awesome reported that "Inside Manzo sushi restaurant, at Garden City Road and Capstan Way, footage shows Jin and Zhu often seated together with a woman and two men but also mingling between three tables with about four other middle-aged East Asian men and at least two large South Asian men, whom they drank shots with."

"Jin left the restaurant at 7:36 p.m. in a white Tesla Model X, as he was escorted out by one of two South Asian men, who had tattoo sleeves and wore identical black bandanas."

The Vancouver Sun reported that "Reed claimed he got the photo from a South Asian man named Jas who was inside the restaurant at the time of the shooting." The shooter was black Jas was Brown. Black and Brown sound like BK for the HA. 

April of 2024 the Vancouver Sun reported that "The man who prosecutors allege was behind a fatal shooting at a Richmond restaurant left the same dinner before a gunman opened fire and killed another guest, a witness told B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Qin used a different name for the man, who the Crown identified in its opening as Jin Cai."

"Cai, 53, was murdered in Vancouver months after the Manzo shooting." Hmmm... "Westell played a video of Qin arriving at the restaurant and suggested he redirected Zhu to the table closest to the window near to where the shooting would take place." Quin seated Zhu beside the window.

On a side note, the HAs will use Asians to launder their drug money. Just like they hire IndoCanadians in to sell drugs and shoot people. After I pointed out that Randy Jones originally registered Tbarz in is mother's name, he reregistered it in a group of Asians' name while he was still the owner. Randy's brother Trevor was listed as an Agent while the owners at the time were listed as Shu Jiun Dong and Xiao Fei Huang.