Man Stabbed Outside Downtown Vancouver Coffee Shop as Witnesses Watch

Man Stabbed Outside Downtown Vancouver Coffee Shop as Witnesses Watch
Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has charged a 32-year-old man with murder, following a stabbing outside a downtown Starbucks near Granville Street on March 26.

VPD said in a March 27 news release they are seeking additional witnesses to the crime, which left Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, dead. He worked as a mover in Burnaby, B.C., and is Vancouver’s sixth murder victim of the year, according to police.