Shooting victim was targeted: RCMP
Man killed in driveway of home was connected to high- profile drug- trafficking ring
A man killed Thursday night in what the RCMP is saying was a “targeted gang- related shooting” was once linked to a major player in a Colombian cocaine trafficking case that precipitated seven infamous murders in B. C.
Christopher James Pammenter, 46, was shot near midnight while sitting in a car in the driveway of his Surrey home at 15871 — 110th Avenue. Police say he was known to them and they believe the shooting is entirely related to gang activities.
Court records show that Pammenter went by the alias “Big Daddy.”
Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said police are canvassing neighbours for information. “I can’t really go into any detail right now. All we can say is that it doesn’t appear to be a random shooting. We want to put the neighbours and public at ease.”
Pammenter was once linked to a criminal organization that was involved in importing large amounts of cocaine to B. C.
His most serious offence related to a 2002 case in which he and three others were charged in an extortion case in Calgary involving two victims, Roderick Medina and Thong Dao.
One of Pammenter’s co- accused in that case, Anthony ( Tony) Terazakis, became a central figure in a complex cocaine trafficking case that, police say, eventually led to the murder of seven people in B. C. The murders of Eugene and Michele Uyeyama, a young Burnaby couple, and another five people murdered at an Abbotsford farmhouse became some of the highest- profile gang hits committed in B. C. during the 1990s.
In 2003, Pammenter was acquitted of an assault charge laid in Surrey in 2001. But his biggest trouble with the law seemed to occur when he was behind the wheel of any of his many vehicles. Between 1996 and 2012, Pammenter was stopped and ticketed no less than 18 times for a surprising array of relatively minor violations. From unsafe passing on the left and unsafe passing on the right, to making U- turns on curves and in intersections, to having tinted windows, he was clearly a target of police.
Property records show Pammenter bought his Surrey home, now valued at more than $ 736,000, in 2006.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is asking anyone who may have information about this homicide to call the IHIT tiplines by calling 1- 877- 5514448 or by email at ihittipline@ rcmp- grc. gc. ca.
You can also call Crime Stoppers at 1- 800- 222- 8477.