The alarm was raised at 5:30 p.m. The victim and her three-year-old daughter Erica were reportedly waiting for Ashley Umali, Paul’s fiancée, to finish her drink.
“What happened is horribly wrong. He was just trying to protect his daughter,” Katie Schmidt, Paul’s mother, told the news agency. vancouver sun, quoted New York Post.
The killer was charged with second-degree murder. However, Cathy asks to be upgraded to the first degree due to evidence of intent. “He had a knife. I don’t take a knife to a cafe, do I?”
TO citynews the mother claims she was shocked that no one volunteered to help her son. “I was incredibly surprised that no one inside Starbucks asked for help, no one outside asked for help. It wasn’t until they were in trouble that someone called the policeman who was outside,” she added.
Authorities confirm that an officer who was patrolling Granville and West Pender streets received a warning around 5:40 p.m. after being stabbed.
“There is a significant amount of evidence to make it clear to us what happened. This is what we are focused on. What events happened in the minutes before this very serious crime,” said Steve Addison, a police spokesman.
A video showing the moment of the attack has been circulating on social media. Steve Addison encourages people to stop sharing videos, encouraging them to talk to the right people. “If you have the video, if you are a spectator, if you are a witness, please come and talk to our investigators,” he said.
Author: morning Post
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