856 gang member pleads guilty to shooting
28-year-old sentenced to six years for manslaughter in the death of Bob Green, a prominent Hells Angel
A member of the 856 gang has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a prominent Hells Angel, Bob Green, at a party in Langley last year.
Jason Francis Wallace, 28, turned himself in to police the day after the Oct. 16, 2016 death of Green, outside a Quonset building used by the 856 as a makeshift clubhouse in the 23700-block of 72 Avenue.
On Friday, Wallace pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter with a firearm in Surrey provincial court. The second-degree murder charge he originally faced was stayed.
Wallace was sentenced to six years in jail.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team also confirmed officially for the first time Friday that the slaying and dismemberment of Shaun Clary, days after the Green shooting, was linked to the case.
Postmedia reported at the time that Clary was an 856 associate and that his murder was believed to be in retaliation for the death of Green, a member of the Mission City chapter of the notorious biker gang.
Clary had a minor criminal record and was close to many in the 856 gang. His remains were dumped on Robertson Crescent in Langley, near the driveway of a full-patch Hells Angel with the West Point chapter and near the property of a leader of the 856.
Green’s cousin Lenny Pelletier was also involved with the 856 gang and the shooting was believed to have occurred after an all-night party.
Wallace and Pelletier were co-accused in a drug trafficking case in which Wallace pleaded guilty earlier this year.
IHIT Cpl. Meghan Foster said Friday that “Green was a well-established member of an organized crime group, and investigators have identified links from his murder to the murder of Shaun Allan Clary that occurred overnight on October 24, 2016.
“While investigators can say that there are links between these two murders, it cannot be confirmed that they are linked to other homicides, or current gang conflict,” she said.
Foster said IHIT investigators continue to work on the Clary case, though no one has been charged.
“It has been just over a year since this heinous act was made a public display, and it will not be forgotten,” she said. “There are individuals who have specific and intimate details about what happened to Mr. Clary, and investigators are urging those people to contact police.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4448 or ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
Green, 56, started as a bartender at the Drake Hotel on Powell Street and rose to become one of the most powerful Hells Angels in B.C.
He started with the bikers’ East End chapter, then later moved to the elite Nomads chapter. At the time of his death, he had joined the Mission City branch.
Hundreds of bikers from across Canada attended his funeral in the pounding rain, most donning the three-piece patches of their chapter or puppet club. Police watched the process of Harleys, cars, trucks and stretch limos.
“Investigators have identified links from his (Bob Green’s) murder to the murder of Shaun Allan Clary”