Paul Schmidt and his little daughter Erica. He was stabbed because of a dispute with a smoker.

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A fatal smoking dispute in front of Starbucks

He was waiting for delicious drinks with his little daughter - only moments later, Paul Stanley Schmidt (37) was dead, first of all in front of the eyes of little Erica (3).

The dispute with a smoker led to the death of the family man in Vancouver (Canada) on Sunday. As the newspaper "Vancouver Sun" reports, everything happened when Schmidt's fiancée Ashley Umali tried to get something to drink.

Police officers arrest the perpetrator.

The victim's mother, Kathy Schmidt, described how the dispute occurred. Schmidt sadly: "It all started when the guy started smoking next to the child." Paul is said to have confronted and asked the later perpetrator to refrain from doing so. The stranger then started to attack Paul.

Schmidt continues: “It all feels so wrong. He only tried to protect his daughter. I am angry and sad. Ashley is in shock. She had to see it all. She is destroyed. "

 

An eyewitness standing only a few meters away filmed the act. In a video that later surfaced on the Internet, the perpetrator (dressed in red sports pants and a hooded jacket) can be seen stabbing Paul, the father writhing in pain. The perpetrator, a 32-year-old man of Indian descent, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder.

According to police, the man had the Starbucks branch arrested without resistance. The police called on eyewitnesses to report and, if necessary, provide additional photo or video material. Police spokesman Steve Addison said: “There are a series of indications of what happened. We are now focusing on why that happened. "

The grieving mother, Kathy Schmidt, told the portal "Vancouver City News": "What kind of world do we live in the middle of the afternoon with your family and are attacked and killed while many people stand around and all of this Record video?"

Flowers and photos are reminiscent of the family man killed.

The family appealed to the public and did not share the disturbing video. Schmidt's sister Jessica Foxx wrote on Facebook: “Yesterday, someone took my brother's life, and another person filmed it instead of calling the police. Even worse: I posted it on social media. That makes the whole family sick. "

At the place of the tragedy, residents of Vancouver's flowers resigned, and photos of Schmidt with his daughter hang on a lamppost. The city's mayor, Ken Sim, described the crime as a "senseless and terrible act of violence." Sim on: “Our thoughts are with Paul and his family. We all love him. "