Chilliwack, B.C. Man, 63, Charged With Second-Degree Murder In Fatal Stabbing

The Canadian Press, 05 May, 2016 12:36 PM

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fatal stabbing in Chilliwack, B.C.

Police say officers responded to reports of a stabbing Tuesday afternoon and found one man dead and another with a knife.

Sgt. Stephanie Ashton of the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says a 63-year-old man was arrested and has been charged in the death of a 49-year-old man.

Ashton says witnesses reported seeing the suspect hitting a cyclist while he was following the victim's car.

She says the two cars collided in a parking lot and that the 49-year-old man was stabbed during an altercation.

Police believe the two men knew each other.

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