More than 11 months after a brutal gang murder inside a Langley taxicab, two men have been charged with plotting the killing. Homicide investigators announced Friday that they had arrested 35-year-old Jared Douglas Polischuk and 29-year-old Luis Manuel Baez in connection to the homicide. The pair were “charged jointly with one count of conspiracy to commit the murder” of 24-year-old Taran Pandher, according to a Friday statement from the Lower Mainland’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. IHIT said it believes “other individuals” were involved in the killing of Pandher, and said its investigation is ongoing. Pandher was shot inside a taxi near 200 Street and 53 Avenue in Langley on the night of Sept. 5, 2025. Front-line investigators were called to the scene shortly before 10:30 p.m. and arrived to find the victim, who was a passenger in the cab, suffering from life-threatening injuries. He died at the scene. No one else was injured in the incident, which was followed shortly by reports of a vehicle fire in the 13250 block of 64A Avenue in Surrey. Investigators believe the vehicle found on fire was connected to the shooting, and that the homicide was targeted and connected to the B.C. gang conflict. IHIT’s Integrated Gang Homicide Team took over the investigation, working with Langley RCMP, the Integrated Forensic Identification Service and the B.C. Coroners Service. Over time, police identified “potential information about the motivation and planning” behind the shooting, IHIT said. “Gang homicides are among the most complex and high-risk investigations to manage,” said Sgt. Freda Fong, in the statement. “IGHT investigators specialize in these types of investigations, which allows us to focus on the investigative avenues that are critical to building a case forward for charge assessment.” “While the laying of these charges is a significant development, our work is not over,” Fong added. ”Investigators believe other individuals were involved in this shooting, and we are committed to holding all who were involved accountable. Much work remains as we continue to pursue those responsible while supporting the prosecution process.”
