Full patch Hells Angel Ronaldo Lising (right, in a 2012 handout photo) is shot outside his home in Burnaby on July 4, 2022. Photo by Handout photo /Postmedia News
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A longtime member of the Hells Angels, who was the first biker gang member to be criminally convicted in BC, was shot outside his Burnaby home Monday.
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Ronaldo Lissing, 59, is expected to survive his injuries after the targeted shooting in the 7000-block of Patterson Avenue Monday morning. Burnaby RCMP received reports of an injured person near Patterson and Hurst streets at about 11:20 a.m., Cpl. said Mike Kalanj. “When police arrived, they found an injured man with gunshot wounds. The victim was conscious and breathing when he was taken to hospital for treatment,” he said. “It appears the shooting took place in the area where the victim was found, although police are still gathering information.” Kalandz said Burnaby’s Major Crimes Unit is working closely with the Combined Forces Anti-Gang Special Enforcement Unit “to determine if this shooting has any ties to the Lower Mainland gang conflict or organized crime.”
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He did not identify the victim, but sources confirmed to Postmedia News that it was in fact the longtime cyclist who was targeted. RCMP at the scene of a targeted shooting at 7008 Patterson St. Burnaby on July 4, 2022. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG Kalandz said investigators are looking for witnesses or drivers with dash cam video who were in the area late Monday morning. BC property records show Leasing has owned his home on the block where he was shot since 2004. It is currently valued at $1.6 million. Retired Vancouver police detective Brad Stevens, a biker expert, said Monday that Leasing “has been a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for over 20 years.” He noted that Lising started with the East End chapter and then in 2004 was transferred to the Nomads, the most elite of the 10 Hells Angels chapters in B.C. “It is a very rare event that a full patch Hells Angel is shot in residence. To my knowledge, only one other BC Hells Angel has been shot in his residence and that was East End Hells Angel David Swartz, back in the 80s.” Swartz was a full member of the East End chapter when he was murdered in Surrey on April 6, 1988, by a friend after an all-night drinking party. The friend then killed himself with the same gun.
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Lising and fellow cyclist Francisco Pires were convicted in July 2001 of drug-trafficking charges stemming from a Vancouver police investigation dubbed Project Nova. The convictions were the first of any BC Hells Angels since the club started in BC in 1983. Lising was arrested again following an RCMP investigation dubbed E-Pandora, in which agent Micheal Plante infiltrated the East End chapter of the police force, secretly recording conversations for months. In July 2007, Lising was convicted of possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking and assault. Less than a year later, he was convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to testify against fellow Hells Angel David Giles. And in July 2009, Lising was sentenced to 30 months in prison on top of a cumulative nine-year sentence after pleading guilty to possessing two illegal firearms while out on bail in 2005 for the earlier charges. Both weapons — a Rossi .357 Magnum revolver and a Walther .380 semi-automatic pistol — were found in his Burnaby home, along with a bulletproof vest and a “kidnapping kit” that included a black balaclava, gloves, two-way radios and plastic ” zap straps’ used as makeshift handcuffs.
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In sentencing Lising on the weapons charges, BC Supreme Court Justice Selwyn Romilly said the evidence showed he “is a proud Hell’s Angel. He has a Hells Angels tattoo on his arm and has often been seen wearing Death Head earrings. His house is filled with Hells Angels paraphernalia and there are Death Head stickers on the surrounding seven-meter-high fence. “The evidence also shows that Lising sees the Hells Angels as a club that should be prepared to use violence and membership in the club as an opportunity to make money.” Romilly highlighted some of Lising’s conversations with Plante in his ruling, including one in which the biker attacked the UN gang and said, “They’re not welcome in this f–kin province. They are not allowed the king.”
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After Lising was released on parole, he was hired as a garbage collector for the City of Vancouver, but was fired in the fall of 2013 after a Postmedia reporter exposed his criminal ties. He has kept a low profile in recent years although he regularly attends Hells Angel rides and other events. [email protected] Twitter.com/kbolan RCMP at the scene of a targeted shooting at 7008 Patterson St. Burnaby on July 4, 2022. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG More news, less ads: Our in-depth journalism is made possible by the support of our subscribers. For just $3.50 a week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to the Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province.
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