VANCOUVER — Reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey, B.C.
The plea brings an end to a complex legal case that has spanned more than a decade.
Bacon pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to murder in the so-called Surrey Six case.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of counselling to commit murder in a separate case involving the shooting of a man who survived the attack on Dec. 31, 2008.
Sentencing has been tentatively scheduled for July 23, when victim impact statements will be heard by the court.
Police have said four of the victims were targeted but Chris Mohan, who lived on the floor where the killings occurred, and Ed Schellenberg, a maintenance worker, were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In court documents, the Crown alleges that at the time of the murders Bacon was a leader of the Red Scorpions gang.
The officer in charge of the investigation previously told the court it was one of the largest and most complex investigations that police have undertaken in the province. By November 2016, about 1,300 officers had been involved in the investigation.
In 2014, two men were convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in the Surrey Six case.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 9, 2020.
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