Pinoy teenager stabbed to death in Vancouver

A Filipino teenager was stabbed to death in a fight at a park in Vancouver last Sunday.

Fifteen- year-old Deward Ponte, son of Filipino immigrant Daisy Ponte, didn’t return home Saturday night after a basketball game with friends, Vancouver’s The Province reported on Monday, quoting his stepfather Keith Blais.

British Columbia’s Globe and Mail said Ponte came home early Sunday morning after working overnight at a care home to find out that her son is dead.

Ponte left the Philippines seven years ago and worked almost five years before she could sponsor her son and her 13-year-old daughter to join her in Canada.

Deward, who went to Canada two years ago, is a student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School who loved to play basketball.

Ponte described her son as quiet and friendly. “That's why I don't [understand] what happened to him. He was a very good kid," she said.

The incident began with a commotion in Gray's Park, a neighborhood patch of green space, in Metro Vancouver.

Police are still finding out what triggered the fight that resulted in the death of Deward and serious injury on another teenager.

Reports said the police came to know of the fight early Sunday morning when it received several calls just before 2 a.m. about noisy teenagers at the park.

Police found a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old who had been stabbed. They also discovered several teens in the park.

The injured teens were taken to a hospital, but the 15-year-old died as a result of his injuries. The 19-year-old was in stable condition Sunday afternoon.

"It's tragic. It happens so fast. This was another great kid, healthy and a sports player," Ponte’s stepfather was quoted as saying. "A tragic statistic. It's unbelievable. They are here one day and gone the next."

Blais said the boy's mother is heartbroken. "She's in shock, crying. She's had a hard life," he said.

Deward wrote in his online social network site, Facebook: "We're unique people, you can't just find. So step aside and let me through, cause it's all about the Filipino crew. Life sucks and then you die, but if you're Filipino, you die with some damn pride." - GMANews.TV

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