Questions surround man’s death after altercation inside B.C. Starbucks
VANCOUVER — About a month ago, a young man died after an altercation inside a Metro Vancouver Starbucks that a witness says left him unconscious and bleeding profusely on the floor.
It was a shocking incident inside a popular coffee shop, but the public only heard about it from media reports for the first time this week. Police did not issue any statements about the tragedy and no charges have been laid.
A civil rights group is raising questions about why police kept the man’s death under wraps. And while media reports have portrayed the encounter as having broken out over a tossed cigarette butt, a witness who explained what he saw adds more details to the story.
Michael Page-Vincelli has been identified in media reports as the man who died. An obituary for the 22-year-old describes the “extreme sorrow” felt by his family, and thanks the nurses and staff at a New Westminster hospital for their “loving care.”