Slain teen came here for 'a better life'
Filipino immigrant Deward Ponte stabbed near park in east Vancouver
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, January 28, 2008
His mother enrolled him in a westside school to get him away from what
she considered a bad neighbourhood, but Deward Ponte found it hard to
stop hanging out with his old school friends in east Vancouver.

The 15-year-old never made it home Sunday after he was stabbed to
death about 2 a.m. near Grays Park, just north of 33rd Avenue near
Fraser Street. A 19-year-old man was also stabbed, but is said to be
in stable condition in hospital.

(Greg-When I was 15 yrs old I can guarantee I was never on the street
after midnight. Is it normal for 15 yr olds to be on the street that
late? Of course not. If he had been at home reading a Bible or
playing video games or hanging out with his family this wouldn't have
happened. When I was 15 I wasn't hanging around with 19yr olds and I
doubt many 15yr olds nowadays hang out at 2am with adult men of
drinking age.)