The sufferer within the terrifying Chino Hills kidnapping-execution had a disturbing working relationship together with his killer, in response to official information unearthed by The Publish.
California state enterprise information present that 67-year-old homicide suspect Zhengfeng Bo, who allegedly shot 60-year-old Chino Hills resident Shukur Aikebaer to dying in entrance of police after kidnapping him, was additionally the sufferer’s boss.
Each the killer and his alleged sufferer labored for a restricted legal responsibility agency known as Panshi, in response to state enterprise information. Panshi, which suggests “boulder” in Mandarin, was an actual property funding firm primarily based out of Zhengfeng’s Irvine dwelling.
Zhengfeng was listed as chief govt officer of the agency in public information, whereas Aikebaer was recognized because the agency’s secretary. Paperwork for the agency was initially filed by Aikebaer in 2018, whereas Zhengfeng filed up to date paperwork in 2025 and 2026.
Aikebaer additionally served as a “intermediary” for Zhengfeng relating to a $20 million condo advanced in Pasadena, in response to ABC 7. Zhengfeng was suing the previous managers of the condo advanced, claiming they weren’t permitting him to take management of the property.
The boys had roles collectively in no less than two LLCs, in response to enterprise information reviewed by the outlet.
Cops say Zhengfeng had an confederate, 66-year-old Jianquan Bo, within the automobile with him when the stunning homicide occurred. Jianquan and Zhengfeng lived on the similar Irvine tackle the place Panshi was primarily based.
The five-bedroom, five-bath dwelling boasts 4,456 sq. ft and is value an estimated $3.3 million, in response to PropertyShark. Property information point out that Zhengfeng and one other individual named Weiwei Shi purchased the house in 2018 for $1.8 million.
The connection between Zhengfeng and Shi is unclear. Shi didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Investigators with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division say Zhengfeng and Jianquan on Wednesday evening drove to the upscale Montverde Drive residence of Aikebaer.
Surveillance footage obtained by the California Publish exhibits a silver automobile rolling by means of the quiet neighborhood with its headlights on round 10:15 p.m. earlier than coming to a cease on the sufferer’s home.
Zhengfeng and Jianquan snuck as much as the house and lower its energy traces, in response to investigators. After the electrical energy to the home went out, Aikebaer got here outdoors to analyze his energy field.
That’s when the Zhengfeng and Jianquan shot and kidnapped Aikebaer, investigators say, earlier than they stuffed him into the trunk of their automobile and shortly drove away.
A neighbor advised KTLA that he jumped when he heard the commotion outdoors.
“I used to be within the storage and I heard two or three pictures,” he stated. “Once I heard the pictures, I rotated and I heard someone yelling, ‘Assist me, assist me!’’
Neighbors additionally advised KTLA they heard a girl screaming that her husband had been shot.
They stated she gave the impression to be monitoring him on a cellphone or gadget and was heard giving deputies his real-time location.
Witnesses who known as 911 amid the kidnapping prompted officers to canvass the neighborhood.
Sheriff’s deputies in a squad automobile quickly encountered a rushing Nissan Altima with Oregon plates within the space and tried to drag it over. The motive force led them on a brief chase by means of a residential neighborhood earlier than stopping in entrance of houses on Wandering Ridge Drive.
Deputies known as for the boys to give up. Jianquan, who rode within the passenger seat of the automobile, obtained out. The motive force, Zhengfeng, exited the automobile, opened the trunk after which fired a shot into it earlier than he was shot and killed by a deputy, the sheriff’s division stated.
“Abruptly we began listening to gunshots happening,” Debbie Maki, 64, who lives on the road the place the chase ended, advised The New York Occasions.
Investigators have been looking out the house of Aikebaer for clues.
“Investigators additionally discovered the deceased suspect, Zhengfeng, and Aikebaer knew one another by means of a previous working relationship,” the sheriff’s division stated in a press release.
A regulation enforcement supply near the case stated it was doubtless that Zhengfeng and Jianquan had been taking Aikebaer to a distant location to kill him, or else they had been delivering him to another person.
Jianquan is being held on homicide and kidnapping fees, the sheriff’s division stated. The division additionally stated Zhengfeng and Jianquan lived collectively.
The Irvine Police Division wrote in an Instagram story Thursday that the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Division was serving a search warrant on the dwelling shared by Zhengfeng and Jianquan, the residence that’s listed in state enterprise information because the headquarters of Panshi.
“The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Division simply served a warrant on Crossover, close to Benchmark, associated to a murder that occurred earlier at present in Chino Hills,” they wrote. “Public security sources will probably be on the dwelling investigating.”
The sheriff’s division has not but indicated any motive within the execution-style killing, and knowledge relating to Panshi is proscribed. Particulars on the enterprise don’t seem in an internet search.
Household pal Adam Nijiati advised the Occasions that Aikebaer was a part of a small Uyghur neighborhood and lived together with his spouse and three daughters.
“He’s very modest, just like the kindest man you may ever meet in your lifetime,” Mr. Nijiati stated. “He’s not that wealthy, to be sincere. I don’t know why would someone simply attempt to kidnap him.”
The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Division stated an investigation is ongoing. The case will probably be referred to the San Bernardino County District Legal professional’s Workplace for evaluation and submitting of fees, police stated.
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