Brothers shot, killed in SW Portland in legal battle with suspect’s family, documents show

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The two brothers shot dead in southwest Portland last week had been in a contentious legal battle with the suspect’s family, according to court documents obtained Friday.

The two men, 33-year-old Dilrajpal Singh and 27-year-old Guriqbal Singh, were identified by Portland police on Thursday.

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Two men shot dead in southwest Portland last week were identified Thursday by the Portland Police Bureau.

On May 3 shortly before 3 p.m., police responded to a shooting in the 9100 block of Southeast Barbur Boulevard in the Multnomah Neighborhood.

Police said they found the two victims shot dead in the parking lot of a shopping center. According to detectives, surveillance video shows the suspect shooting at the brothers as they ran away from him.

A suspect, 21-year-old Jobanpreet Singh (not related to the victims), was booked into the Multnomah County Jail for two counts of first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

According to civil court documents, the victims and the suspect’s family were involved in a contentious legal battle over their businesses.

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The father of the suspect filed a case against the brothers in Multnomah County Court last December.

The lawsuit states that Dilrajpal was his business partner in the company Blaze Portland, LLC and managed two Portland-area smoke and vape shops.

The suspect’s father claims Dilrajpal misused and failed to account for company funds, violently attacked and threatened his family, and started a competing business called Blaze Smoke shop on Southwest Barbur Boulevard in Portland.

The documents claim Guriqbal, his brother and the second victim, was hired to help with the shops.

The brothers denied the allegations and filed a counterclaim saying the suspect’s father refused to pay for his half of the expenses.

Jobanpreet’s trial is scheduled to begin June 23.

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