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Kelowna Canada Day stabbing victim remembered as 91Ƶsuper nice guy91Ƶ

Esa Carriere, 23, died after being stabbed during an altercation downtown July 1
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Esa Carriere died of his wounds after being stabbed in downtown Kelowna July 1. 91ƵImage: Facebook

A young man, who died after being stabbed in downtown Kelowna Monday night, is being remembered as a 91Ƶsuper nice guy91Ƶ with a great sense of humour.

Esa Carriere, 23, was from Mississauga, Ont. and had just started a new job in Kelowna working in the kitchen at Kelly O91ƵBryan91Ƶs restaurant on Bernard Avenue.

Tragically, on Canada Day, he became the first murder victim in Kelowna this year.

According to police, Carriere was fatally stabbed during an altercation at the Queensway bus loop around 10:50 p.m. on July 1. The stabbing occurred just as the annual Canada Day fireworks show ended and the area was flooded with people.

Police are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and may have seen something to come forward.

91ƵKelowna RCMP are looking to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity of City Hall on Queensway across from O91ƵFlannigan91Ƶs Liquor Store between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. (July 1)91Ƶ said Const. Lesley Smith of the Kelowna RCMP.

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Jeff Blower, the general manager at Kelly O91ƵBryans said while Carriere had only been working at the restaurant for less than a week, he seemed like a very nice guy.

91ƵIt91Ƶs really surprising, just brutal,91Ƶ said Blower. 91ƵI hope that with all the video (surveillance cameras in downtown Kelowna) they will catch the (person responsible).91Ƶ

Carriere91Ƶs friends also took to his Facebook page to express their condolences in the wake of his death.

91ƵRIP friend91Ƶ wrote Anton Perera. Connor Morgan simply wrote 91ƵRest in Peace.91Ƶ

A has been started to try and raise approximately $13,000 to ship Carriere91Ƶs body back to his family in Mississauga and pay for his funeral.

91ƵIn a time of devastation and grief, we all need friends and family to support us through our losses,91Ƶ says the GoFundMe page. 91ƵEsa Carriere, a loved brother of ours, has passed on into the Mercy of Our Lord. May Allah SWT forgive, bless, and enlighten him in the hereafter.91Ƶ

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