One man is dead and another is in custody following a stabbing near the Baselines Pub at Fraser Highway and 203 Street on Monday evening.
Around 7 p.m., Langley RCMP started getting calls from citizens witnessing the suspect actively stabbing the victim. Officers arrived and chased the suspect. He was apprehended a few blocks away behind the Langley Times office and Me N Ed’s pizza parlour.
A very large amount of blood was visible on the sidewalk outside the Langley Hotel and Baselines Pub, in the 20300 block of Fraser Highway. CPR was initiated on the victim, and he was transported to hospital in grave condition. He later died.
“One person has died as a result of this incident,” said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy on Monday night.
Blood was also visible on the suspect’s clothing as he was arrested.
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said the suspect is known to police.
Yellow police tape remained up until Tuesday in the area where the stabbing occurred, as well as an area to the west of the hotel, while IHIT investigated. The dead man is believed to have been in his 20s.
His name won’t be released until next of kin have been notified, said Ashton.
The two men were in an altercation of some sort before the suspect started stabbing the victim, said Ashton.
