Suspect, 66, Charged With Murder After His Brother Shot Kidnapped Businessman In Trunk Of Car

A California man has been charged pinch murder aft nan assemblage of missing businessman Shukur Aikebaer, 60, was recovered successful nan trunk of a car his alleged accomplice was driving.

Jianquan Bo, a 66-year-old from Irvine, is accused of helping his brother, Zhengfeng Bo, 67, kidnap Aikebaer, who was nan elder Bo’s erstwhile business associate, according to section reports.

San Bernardino County officials announced Monday that Jianquan faces a execution complaint pinch typical allegations of aiding and abetting successful nan committee of a kidnapping and usage of a firearm for his alleged engagement successful Shukur’s death.

Local authorities judge Aikebaer was changeable and kidnapped by nan Bo brothers Wednesday nighttime arsenic he was extracurricular his location successful nan able Chino Hills checking an electrical sheet aft a powerfulness outage, ABC 7 reported. It’s unclear whether nan powerfulness was trim connected intent to lure him outside.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies rushed to nan location pursuing a study of gunshots and a personification yelling for help. When nan deputies arrived, they reportedly saw Zhengfeng driving a Nissan Altima and tried to propulsion him over. Police opportunity a short pursuit ensued and past nan car stopped.

Surveillance video obtained by section media outlets appeared to show Zhengfeng getting retired of nan car, stepping down nan trunk and past shooting wrong it earlier he fell to nan ground.

Authorities said Zhengfeng fatally changeable Aikebaer, who was successful nan trunk, earlier deputies opened occurrence connected Zhengfeng and killed him, according to nan Los Angeles Times. Jianquan was reportedly uninjured successful nan rider spot of nan Nissan and taken into custody.

“One of nan things that could beryllium confusing to nan nationalist is, really tin nan rider who gets retired of nan car beryllium charged pinch murder? That’s nan conception and nan mentation of felony murder,” San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson said, per KTLA.

“Because of nan kidnapping being inherently dangerous, we allege that Mr. Bo knew precisely what nan scheme was erstwhile they went to nan victim’s home.”

Aikebaer and Zhengfeng were associates successful a commercialized existent property patient called Panshi Inc, nan LA Times previously reported, citing nationalist records. At nan clip of his death, Zhengfeng was successful a ineligible conflict complete a $20 cardinal flat analyzable successful Pasadena, lawyer Michael Chen, who had been representing him, told nan LA Times.

Zhengfeng, Panshi and different subordinate loaned nan developers of nan flat analyzable much than $2 million, astatine slightest immoderate of which was allegedly not repaid, nan LA Times reported, citing a suit Chen revenge successful February. Chen claimed Aikebaer was nan “middleman” betwixt Panshi and nan developers.

Chen remembered Zhengfeng arsenic a “very calm person” and said location was thing “adversarial” astir his and Aikebaer’s relationship.

“But obviously, thing happened,” Chen said.

Aikebaer was a hubby and begetter of 3 daughters who is remembered arsenic “caring, selfless, and nan astir loving person” connected a GoFundMe page created to thief pinch expenses arsenic he was nan sole supplier for his family.

“The family has knowledgeable an unimaginable calamity erstwhile their begetter was kidnapped and killed from his location erstwhile nan girl and woman were home,” nan GoFundMe page read. “No family should ever person to strengthen nan heartbreak of losing personification they emotion truthful abruptly and unexpectedly, particularly successful specified a senseless enactment of violence.”

The online fundraiser has already raised much than $34,400 of its $100,000 goal.