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Man charged with murder following stabbing outside Vancouver coffee shop

BY The Canadian Press, Mar 27, 2023 8:51 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

Investigators say they don't believe the victim and suspect knew each other but the details of what led up to the stabbing are still under investigation

A 32-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following a fatal stabbing outside a Vancouver Starbucks.

Police say the stabbing happened Sunday after a brief altercation between two men outside the coffee shop in the city's downtown core.

Investigators say they don't believe the victim and suspect knew each other but the details of what led up to the stabbing are still under investigation.

Police say in a statement that a constable patrolling in the area was flagged down moments after the stabbing and arrested the suspect at the scene.

Other officers attempted to help the victim, who has been identified as 37-year-old Paul Stanley Schmidt, but he died after being rushed to hospital.

Thirty-two-year-old Inderdeep Singh Gosal is accused of second-degree murder.

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