A B.C. jury has convicted a man accused of a contract killing eight years ago of first-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms charges.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) said jurors returned a guilty verdict for Brandon Teixeira in the killing of Nicholas Khabra and an attack on a second person, who survived, on Oct. 23, 2017.

At trial, jurors heard that Teixeira had shot and stabbed Khabra in a targeted hit, with a contract worth $160,000.

Crown prosecutor Dianne Wiedemann told the 14-person jury Teixeira had accepted the “contract to kill” because he believed Khabra had set him up in a drive-by shooting several days prior.

The court heard that on the night of the killing, Teixeira pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Khabra four or five times, then pu

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