Jury convicts two men of first-degree murder in fatal 2022 Whistler shooting

Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links HomeNewsCrimeLocal News Jury convicts two men of first-degree murder in fatal 2022 Whistler shooting "We always thought it was this would be the result ... and we're just happy for both families,” the Crown prosecutor said after the verdict. Author of the article: By Kim Bolan Published Sep 25, 2026 3 minute read Join the conversation Scene of fatal Whistler shooting on July 24, 2022 PHOTO BY SUBMITTED PHOTO Article content A B.C. Supreme Court jury has convicted two men of a brazen daylight double murder outside Whistler’s Sundial Hotel in July 2022. Article content The jurors deliberated for just two hours before finding Gursimran Sahota, 28, and Tanvir Khakh, 24, guilty of all charges in the murders of Meninder Dhaliwal and Satindera Gill in the early afternoon of July 22, a busy sunny Sunday in the resort town. Article content Article content Advertisement 1 STORY CONTINUES BELOW This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content While Crown prosecutor Don Montrichard led no evidence as to motive, he said in closing submissions Wednesday that Dhaliwal, who was shot in the head several times, appeared to be the target of the masked gunmen. Gill was shot twice with just one bullet proving fatal. Article content Sunrise Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Article content Sahota was convicted of one count of first-degree murder in Dhaliwal’s death, and a second-degree count for Gill’s death. Khakh was convicted only of the first-degree murder of Dhaliwal. Justice Miriam Gropper had acquitted him on a second first-degree count earlier in the week over a lack of evidence of any intention to kill Gill. Article content It was a dramatic scene in courtroom 67 just after 7:30 p.m. when the jury entered. Family members of victims were in the public gallery. Extra sheriffs were present. All the lights in the building’s hallways were off with rain streaming down the glass ceiling and walls. Article content After the guilty verdicts, Gropper asked the jurors to consider whether they wanted to make a recommendation on Sahota’s minimum parole ineligibility period on the second-degree count. They deliberated for another 15 minutes and…