One person has died and another has been criminally charged after a stabbing near a Starbucks in a busy area of downtown Vancouver on Sunday evening, police said Monday in a statement.
Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, died after being stabbed following a “brief altercation” outside the coffee shop at Granville and Pender streets just after 5:30 p.m., police said.
Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder.
“Investigators do not believe the victim and suspect knew each other, however, the circumstances that led up to the fatal stabbing remain under investigation,” read the statement.
The area outside the coffee shop was busy
