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20-year-old charged with 2nd-degree murder after Banff stabbing outside bar

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A stabbing has left 1 man dead in the town of Banff
A stabbing has left one man dead in the town of Banff. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, it’s the second homicide in the community this summer – Sep 3, 2022

RCMP have charged John Sproule, 20, from Lake Country, B.C. – just north of Kelowna — with second-degree murder following an early morning stabbing in Banff on Saturday.

Police said just after midnight on Sept. 3, officers responded to a call of an altercation outside a bar on Banff Avenue. A 27-year-old man from Foothills County, Alta. was stabbed to death outside a local bar in the town.

A second man who was taken into police custody has been released and was not charged.

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This is the second homicide by stabbing in Banff in less than a month, though police said this stabbing is unrelated to the one on Aug. 5.

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An investigation is still underway by RCMP.

— With files from Demi Knight, Global News

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