Fatal stabbing in Chilliwack, B.C., nets second-degree murder charges
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Police say two people have been charged with second-degree murder following a fatal street fight in Chilliwack, B.C.
Officers were called for reports of a fight late on July 7 and found three people suffering from stab wounds.
Two men from Chilliwack, 46-year-old Douglas Presseau and Steven Drage, who was 51, died of their injuries and an unnamed 26-year-old woman was taken to hospital.
Police say 34-year-old Kirkland Russell and 29-year-old Victoria Purcell have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in Presseau’s death.
Cpl. Meghan Foster with the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says police are still working to find information about Drage’s death.
Presseau’s family says in a statement that his death has “torn a gaping hole” in their hearts and lives.
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