Jason Pinette, 39, was beaten to death on September 27, 2025 near Notre Dame Drive in Kamloops. Justin Hopkins-Jones was initially charged with Pinette's murder but prosecutors later stayed the charge. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Justin Hopkins-Jones
Man cleared of Kamloops beating death now charged in Langley shooting death
Jun 2, 2026 | 1:58 PM
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LANGLEY — A man initially accused in a 2025 homicide in Kamloops has now been arrested and charged in a shooting death in the Lower Mainland.
Justin Hopkins-Jones, 37, was arrested last October and charged in the September 27, 2025 beating death of 39-year-old Jason Pinette near the Merit Place shelter on Notre Dame Drive in Kamloops.
Six months later, the BC Prosecution Service decided to stay the second-degree murder charge against Hopkins-Jones, saying it was “due to a material change in circumstances that meant the charge assessment standard was no longer met.”
Last Tuesday, Langley RCMP were called to a complaint of shots fired in the 5400-block of Brydon Crescent in that city. The 47-year-old male victim died at the scene.
