It's believed the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Thursday was supposed to have appeared in Prince George provincial court this week.
Trials had been scheduled for Tuesday and Friday for a Jamison Edward Childress, 20, on charges of assault and mischief $5,000 or under, alleged to have been committed in Prince George in late 2013.
Warrants were subsequently issued after he failed to appear for either hearing, according to court records.
The Whatcom County coroner identified a man of the same name and age as the one killed near the Sumas, Washington.
A Whatcom County sheriff told a news conference Friday morning that the man was wanted for murder in another jurisdiction, but he did not provide the location.
Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass was unable to confirm whether the man killed Thursday was the same one who missed the court appearances and declined to comment on whether police regard him as a murder suspect in this jurisdiction.
News 1130 in Vancouver has reported that it's believed Childress was wanted for murder in Alberta.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement says border patrol agents responded when a sensor along the border was activated near the Sumas, Washington, border crossing at around 2:30 p.m.
In the statement, Blaine chief patrol agent Dan Harris Jr. says the man failed to follow verbal requests and displayed "erratic and threatening behaviour" before spraying an agent with an unidentified chemical.
Harris says the agent opened fire and killed the man, and the agent was then transported for medical treatment.
A trial had also been scheduled for Childress in Fraser Lake provincial court in September on charges of theft under $5,000 and possession of stolen property under $5,000 from an alleged late-2014 incident.
-- with files from The Canadian Press
