Luis Manuel Baez, 25, was arrested at the Metrotown mall in May 2021. Police said he'd had a loaded .45-calibre, semi-automatic pistol tucked into his waistband.
A 25-year-old man accused of hanging around a busy Burnaby mall with a loaded handgun tucked into his pants at the height of a spate of deadly Lower Mainland gang shootings has pleaded guilty to firearm and obstruction charges.According to alleged facts presented at a bail hearing last November, he had first drawn their attention shortly before 4 p.m. for smoking suspected marijuana too close to a doorway at the Metropolis at Metrotown mall.
As the officers were collecting information from him, Baez allegedly ran to a nearby vehicle, jumped inside and tried to take off.The officers lost their grip on Baez when they tumbled out of the vehicle, and Baez again took off, according to the alleged facts.The .45-calibre semi-automatic pistol was recovered with six rounds of ammunition in the magazine, according to Dow.Baez was denied bail and has been in custody since his arrest.
On Monday, however, Baez appeared in Vancouver provincial court and pleaded guilty to two of the seven charges against him: possession of a loaded prohibited firearm and obstructing police. At the time of Baez's arrest at the Metrotown mall, there had been a rash of brazen gangland shootings in public places around the Lower Mainland.
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