PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A Multnomah County man convicted of killing two former business partners was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years on Friday, according to the district attorney’s office.
In August, a jury found 24-year-old Jobanpreet Singh guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, four counts of unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of recklessly endangering another person.
This started on May 3, 2023, when police were called to the report of two men shot outside a smoke shop in Southwest Portland on Barbur Boulevard.
The men, Dilraj-Pal and his brother Guriq-Bal Singh, both died at the scene.
Jobanpreet Singh was also there and was arrested.
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According to court documents, the two families – who are not related despite sharing a last name- were involved in a contentious legal battle over their businesses.
The father of the suspect filed a case against the two brothers in Multnomah County court months before the shooting, saying one of the brothers was his business partner and managed two Portland-area smoke and vape shops.
The suspect’s father claims that brother misused and failed to account for company funds, violently attacked and threatened his family, and started a competing business. The documents claim the other brother was hired to help with the shops.
The brothers denied the allegations and filed a counterclaim.
In Jobanpreet Singh’s sentencing on Friday, the prosecutor said self-defense is “not a law you can hide behind.”
“It is meant to preserve life,” the prosecutor said. “This defendant took two lives and he was held accountable for it.”
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