THE Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are telling that Brandon Natahan Teixeira, 28, wanted for the October 2017 murder of Nicholas Khabra in Surrey, was arrested by SWAT in a small California community, Oroville, on Sunday. IHIT said that “he did not go quietly.”
The arrest was made possible through a collaborative effort of the RCMP Liaison Office in Los Angeles, and a U.S. Marshals-led task force along with the Butte County SWAT, Tehama SWAT and the Chico Police Department.
Brandon Teixeira was arrested yesterday in Oroville, California by US agencies. His capture ends an international manhunt by #IHIT & @cfseubc. Next step is extradition proceedings handled by the US Dept of Justice. Thank you to all our partners in US & Canada for today's outcome. pic.twitter.com/EPFe0k5R8m
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) December 3, 2019
US agencies involved in Teixeira's capture: US Marshals in Sacramento&LA, Butte County Sheriffs, Chico Police, Tehama County Sheriffs. #ThankYou
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) December 3, 2019
Butte County Sheriff of California says, U.S. Marshals had received information that Teixeira was possibly in the Oroville area. An investigation found that he had been staying in Oroville. On Sunday morning, the Butte County’s SWAT Team and detectives, U.S Marshals, and members of the Chico Police Department and Tehama County SWAT teams served a search warrant.
“Teixeira and a male, later identified as Jeff Guerrier, age 30, of New York exited the residence after several minutes. Teixeira did not comply with BCSO [Bute County Sheriff’s Office] orders and got into a vehicle on the property. In an attempt to escape, Teixeira rammed a BSCO armored vehicle with his vehicle.
After ramming the BCSO armored vehicle, Teixiera rapidly backed his vehicle up in an attempt to escape. BCSO personnel used a second armored vehicle to disable Teixeira’s vehicle. Teixeira exited his vehicle and did not follow BCSO commands. BCSO used a K-9 to take Teixiera into custody. After obtaining a medical clearance at a local hospital, U.S. Marshals took custody of Teixiera, and are holding him in federal custody pending extradition proceedings.”
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs of the Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California are handling the extradition proceedings.
A warrant for Teixeira was issued after the October 2017 shooting of Nicholas Khabra.
A woman with Khabra was injured in the attack. Khabra and the female victim are known to each other and were together at the time of the shooting, IHIT Cpl. Meghan Foster said at the time.