A 17-year-old male was stabbed to death on a Surrey, British Columbia, public transit bus, prompting RCMP to say they will increase transit patrols.
Surrey RCMP reported that the youth was stabbed on April 11, just before 9:30 p.m. local time, after an altercation with another individual on the bus near the King George SkyTrain station. The victim was transported to hospital but died of his injuries, said the police homicide team.
The victim’s aunt, Daphni Miller, identified the boy as Ethan Bespflug in a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe, which has raised over $10,000 for the cost of a funeral and expenses for the family. She said he had just turned 17 years old….