A 29-year-old man already serving a life sentence for a Las Vegas murder was Monday handed another life term without the possibility of parole for killing one man and shooting another at a San Gabriel restaurant in 2008.
Xioaye Bai was convicted May 27 of first-degree murder and attempted murder for the Southland crime. Jurors also found true a gun allegation and Bai admitted that he had been convicted of another murder.
Bai got into an argument on Dec. 4, 2008, with several men at the restaurant and shot 21-year-old Zhe Li nine times. A second victim who was shot by Bai survived his injuries, Deputy District Attorney Theodore Swanson said.
Following the San Gabriel shooting, Bai fled to Las Vegas, where he stabbed several people and killed another man, according to the prosecutor.
In 2012, Bai was convicted in Las Vegas of first-degree murder and several counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
He was later transferred to Los Angeles County to stand trial.
–City News Service