not to vape near his 3 year old daughter.
Paul Stanley Schmidt Vancouver man stabbed to death by stranger after asking them not to vape near 3yr old daughter. Family seek first degree murder charges against Inderdeep Singh Gosa.
A 37-year-old Canada father was stabbed to death in front of his 3-year-old daughter and fiancée outside a Vancouver Starbucks after he asked a stranger not to vape in front of his child according to the victim’s family.
Paul Stanley Schmidt and his daughter Erica were outside the coffee shop about 5:30 p.m. Sunday while his fiancée, Ashley Umali was getting drinks, his mother Kathy Schmidt told the Vancouver Sun.
Video posted on social media captured the moment a man suddenly stabbed Schmidt in the stomach before falling to the ground in a pool of blood.
Schmidt said she was told the suspect — identified as 32-year-old Inderdeep Singh Gosa — carried out the attack after her son asked him not to vape in front of Erica.
‘This is so horribly wrong what happened. He was just trying to protect his daughter. I’m angry and I’m sad,’ she told the news outlet.
‘He didn’t deserve to die’
‘Paul was just out for a coffee with his family. He didn’t deserve to die.
‘It all started because he was vaping beside the baby. Ashley’s in shock — she watched the whole thing. She’s so devastated,’ the mother added.
Following his arrest, Gosa was charged with second-degree murder. The victim’s family are now trying to upgrade the charges to first-degree, which requires proof of premeditation.
‘He had a knife. I don’t carry a knife into a coffee shop, do you?’ the mother said.
The suspect did not resist when the officer arrested him inside the Starbucks, police spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison told the Vancouver Sun.
He said police are appealing for more witnesses and video to help investigators determine a motive in what described as a ‘senseless killing’.
The spokesman also urged people not to share the shocking footage of the attack.
Authorities pleading for video of stabbing not to be shared online
‘It’s graphic video. We are encouraging people not to share that video. We are encouraging people, if you’ve got video, if you are a bystander, if you are a witness, please come forward and speak to our investigators, provide it to our investigators,’ he told the Vancouver Sun.
The slain man’s family also pleaded for people not to circulate the chilling video.
‘Someone took my brother’s life yesterday and another person filmed it (do NOT watch) instead of calling the police and worse off posted it on social media very clearly for views,’ Jessica Foxx wrote on Facebook.
Schmidt had worked at Jiffy Move, a moving company in Burnaby, for about five years.
‘Paul was a great guy and a hard worker,’ Sean Collings, the company’s operations manager, told the Vancouver Sun. ‘He was a devoted husband and father.’
A GoFundMe has since been set up with proceeds going to Schmidt’s fiancee and three year old daughter. To date, $79,442 CAD of $200,000 goal was raised Wednesday morning.
