A pre-trial date has been set for a man accused of fatally stabbing a B.C. father outside a Vancouver Starbucks in broad daylight.
Inderdeep Singh Gosal has been charged with second-degree murder in the grisly killing, which was caught on camera and shocked the city.
The BC Prosecution Service confirmed Friday a preliminary inquiry has been set for April 22, 2024, with a pre-trial conference set for the month prior.
Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, was stabbed outside the coffee shop at Granville and Pender streets on March 26 after a “brief altercation,” according to Vancouver police. He was rushed to the hospital but did not survive.
His mother told Global News he was with his wife and young daughter at the time, and had allegedly asked the suspect not to vape near his daughter.
“We’ve lost our son and it’s devastating. Paul had a great life. He lived for life, he lived for his family, and to have that ripped away from him is just cruel and unacceptable,” Kathy Schmidt said in an interview at the time.
Gosal was arrested at the scene and charged the following day. At the time, police said they did not believe the two men knew one another.
Following Schmidt’s death, graphic videos of the killing circulated on social media, prompting pleas from the victim’s family not to share the images.
A GoFundMe campaign for the family has raised close to $200,000.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of the story incorrectly stated a date was set for a murder trial. No date has been set yet for the murder trial. Global News regrets the error. The story has been corrected.