Two men are in custody facing serious charges in connection with the death of 27-year-old James Enright of North Vancouver who was killed near the Edmonds SkyTrain station in Burnaby last month.
Jesse Evan Ali Sellam, 22, has been charged with second-degree murder and 18-year-old Taitusi Funaki Vikilani faces charges of manslaughter and assault causing bodily harm in connection with Enright’s death.
Enright died in the early morning of Feb. 15 after a fight broke out near the SkyTrain station.
Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, spokeswoman for the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said at the time Enright didn’t know the group of people fighting but somehow the friend he was with got into an altercation with the group. Enright stepped in to help his friend and was stabbed.
Aston described his death as a result of being “in the wrong place at the wrong time” and trying to help someone.
Both men charged in the case appeared in Vancouver provincial court Monday and remain in custody.
Neither has entered a plea to the charges.
