Suspect in deadly Chino Hills kidnapping worked with victim in real estate

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Set us as preferred Zhengfeng Bo, the 67-year-old Irvine man who brazenly kidnapped a business associate, stuffed him in the trunk of a car, led police on a high-speed chase and then executed his victim in front of stunned deputies, was “a very reasonable person,” according to his lawyer.In an interview, Michael Chen, who had been representing Bo in a heated legal dispute over a $20-million apartment complex in Pasadena, sounded genuinely stunned and shaken by the news, adding that his client always struck him as “a very calm person.”Bo died in a hail of police bullets during the traffic stop on Wednesday night after sheriff’s deputies said he kidnapped Shukur Aikebaer, 60, from his Chino Hills home — but not before nonchalantly exiting the driver’s seat, sauntering to the back of the car and fatally shooting Aikebaer, who was still in the trunk.Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department have not revealed a motive for the slaying, which played out on the otherwise quiet streets of Chino Hills like a scene from a Quentin Tarantino film, but they noted that the shooter and victim knew each other “through a prior working relationship.”The two were associates in a commercial real estate firm, Panshi Inc., registered in Irvine, according to public records.Documents show Bo served as chief executive officer, while Aikebaer was listed as the company’s chief financial officer and secretary.

California The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on Friday identified the victim and suspects in a fatal Chino Hills kidnapping shooting, while also releasing new details in the case.Bo, Panshi and another associate lent the developers of the apartment complex more than $2 million, at least some of which had not been repaid, according to a lawsuit Chen filed in February in Los Angeles County ...