Surrey Six massacre

At around 2:40 p.m. PST on October 19, 2007, a drug dealer named Sophon Sek was paid by Red Scorpions gang members Matthew James Johnston, Cody Rae Haevischer, and Denis Karbovanec to lead them to the room of Lal crew member Corey Lal. The Red Scorpion members entered the room and ordered everybody on the ground. As this was happening, an innocent bystander named Chris Mohan was on his way to play basketball when he was spotted and forced to join the others. Another innocent victim was Ed Schellenberg who was doing an inspection on the gas fireplaces in the condo with his nephew before also being forced to join. His nephew managed to escape. They were told to put their heads to the ground and cover them before each one was shot in the head and executed. Around 4 p.m., Norman Carothers, the building manager discovered the bodies of the 6 men and called emergency services. He had first thought there was a gas leak. When the fire department arrived, they called the police after noticing that the bodies had been shot.

Arrests and convictions
After an investigation, police arrested Cody Haevishcher, Matthew Johnston and Jamie Bacon as suspects in the massacre. This came after Red Scorpions member Denis Karbovanec turned himself into police and confessed to taking part in it. The investigation almost fell apart when it was found out that lead investigator Sergeant Derek Brassington was having sex with one of the former girlfriends of suspect Jamie Bacon. On June 29, 2009, Filipino police arrested Michael Le and another person on an Interpol warrant and they were extradited back to Canada to face trial in their involvement. Police also arrested Sophon Sek on November 26, 2009. Over the course of the trials, the Crown called 73 witnesses to testify.

On December 8, 2014, Le was given a 12 year sentence by the judge after taking a plea deal. The judge cut his time after giving him some time served. On December 12, 2014, Johnston and Haevischer were given sentences of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 25 years. On December 18, 2015, Sek was given a one-year sentence after taking a plea deal admitting to his involvement.

On July 8, 2020, the Crown dropped the first-degree murder charges against Bacon but wanted him to plead guilty to counselling murder regarding the massacre. On September 10, Bacon was sentenced to 18 years in prison and the judge cut 11 years off of his sentence for time already served in jail. Many people were not happy with this sentence, including the mother of Chris Mohan who pleaded the judge to give Bacon a life sentence. The judge said that the actions of the people investigating the case was the reason she did not give him a life sentence, specifically pointing out the incident of Brassington having sex with a witness.

References

Category:2007 events
Category:Mass shootings in Canada
Category:Murder in 2007