VANCOUVER — Law enforcement agencies are bracing for any potential fallout after a prominent Hells Angel was found slain in Maple Ridge on the weekend.
Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said his agency is co-ordinating with other gang enforcement teams in the Lower Mainland after the slaying of Chad John Wilson, a full-patch member of the Hardside Hells Angels.
“IHIT will be engaging with our numerous partners from the gang enforcement units throughout the Lower Mainland region. They will be working to mitigate any ongoing violence,” Jang said at a Surrey news conference.
Two years ago, another high-profile Hells Angel, Bob Green, was shot and killed by an associate in the 856 gang after an all-night drinking party at the 856’s clubhouse. Within days, another young gangster who was at the party was found slain and mutilated at the side of a Langley road.
Green’s killer, Jason Wallace, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, said he was told in a threatening phone call to kill himself, or turn himself into the Hells Angels and they would do it.
Wilson, 43, began his biker career in San Diego, joining the Hells Angels Dago chapter there on Jan. 28, 2005 as a prospect and becoming a full-patch member a year later.
He pleaded guilty in South Dakota in 2009 to being an alien in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to four years in jail. The charge stemmed from a 2006 shootout with rivals from the Outlaws biker gang. Wilson wounded several Outlaws, but was acquitted of an attempted murder charge after claiming self-defence.
When Wilson returned to Canada, he joined the Haney Hells Angels. Last year, he transferred to the newest chapter of the biker gang, Hardside. He was married this year, wearing his colours — or Hells Angels vest — to the ceremony.
