A man shot in the parking lot of University Golf Course near UBC died from several gun shots in a “brazen daylight shooting” that set off a high-speed police chase leading to arrests of three people, a prosecutor told the first day of the murder trial into the killing.

Dramatic dashcam footage played in court Monday showed the chase reaching speeds of at least 135 km/h, and the suspect vehicle and at least two police vehicles weaving in and out of three lanes of traffic on Highway 91.

It ended less than a half an hour after the shooting with the suspect vehicle crashing into a police car after getting off Highway 91 on the Westminster Highway off ramp, court heard.

Balraj Singh Basra, 25, who in court on Monday wore a black suit with light blue shirt buttoned to the top, no tie, and whi

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