The man suspected of murdering a Vancouver teen 12 years ago is also wanted for attempted murder in a shooting outside a movie theatre in 1997, court documents show.

Ninderjit Singh was arrested in California last week and faces a charge of first-degree murder for the 1999 shooting death of 18-year-old Poonam Randhawa.

According to documents filed in a U.S. court, Canadian police just learned this week that Singh is also wanted for allegedly pulling a gun during a fight outside a cinema and shooting someone in the leg two years before Randhawa was killed. A warrant for his arrest on attempted murder charges was issued in that case, but not until 18 months after Singh allegedly fled to the country to evade justice in the Randhawa murder.

The Vancouver Police Department says it will not comment any further on the charges against Singh while his case is before the courts.

The accused murderer faced a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday afternoon, and agreed to his removal to Canada to face charges here. He will remain in detention until then.

Singh was arrested on Friday after a manhunt that lasted more than a decade. He had been living under an alias in San Jacinto, California, along with his wife and two young children, none of whom were aware of the murder charges or his real name.

When U.S. immigration agents searched his home, they discovered a shotgun, an M1 semi-automatic rifle and two handguns, one of which was stolen, according to court documents.

Singh had accomplice in murder: documents

Singh is accused of murdering Randhawa -- an ex-girlfriend -- during her lunch break at Sir Winston Secondary on Jan. 26, 1999. He had allegedly stalked her for the last month, after she dumped him for assaulting her.

She was killed by a single shot to the head and her body was dumped on a quiet stretch of West 47th Avenue.

Court documents allege that Randhawa got into the backseat of a car driven by a man named Paul Aulakh shortly before she was killed. Singh was sitting in the front seat of the car.

As Aulakh drove away from the school, Singh allegedly pulled a gun and killed the young woman.

The accused killer then fled the country, asking a friend for a ride to Seattle and $200 to catch a flight to L.A. Singh told his friend that his aunt had died and he needed to be with his family.

A warrant for his arrest was issued three days later, apparently after Aulakh called police on the advice of a friend. He had stowed his bloody car in a garage on East 61st Avenue. Vancouver police declined to speak with ctvbc.ca about Aulakh's alleged role in the murder.

Police in Vancouver and the U.S. have been searching for Singh ever since. The desperate hunt for the wanted man was highlighted in a 1999 episode of America's Most Wanted, and a $10,000 award was offered for information leading to his arrest.

Investigators thought they had their man in 2000 after tracking him down to an apartment in San Jose. They were so certain, in fact, that provisional extradition papers were filed in Northern California.

But investigators were thwarted when Singh fled once again after he was apparently tipped off that police were on their way to arrest him. Police believe that Singh's family on both sides of the border has been helping him evade capture.

In the time since he disappeared from Canada 12 years ago, the once-slender and muscular Singh has ballooned to 300 lbs., grown a beard and taken to wearing a turban. Police say that he altered his appearance so greatly that when his wife was shown a picture from his 1999 wanted poster, she could not recognize him.

He remains in custody in L.A.