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CBC
28-05-2025
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- CBC
Candlelight vigil held for teen who was stabbed in Abbotsford park
Dozens gathered in Abbotsford's Larch Park to light candles and remember 15-year-old Billy Ledoux. He died Sunday after being stabbed, despite life-saving efforts by bystanders and first responders. As Meera Bains reports, his death has shaken the community.
CTV News
27-05-2025
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- CTV News
Homicide investigators identify 15-year-old fatally stabbed in Abbotsford park
Billy Ledoux, 15, has been identified as the teenager killed in a stabbing at a park in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday. The teenager killed in a stabbing at a park in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday has been identified as Billy Ledoux. The 15-year-old was found by police suffering, life-threatening injuries after a stabbing incident at Larch Park in the 2600 block of Beck Road Sunday evening. According to authorities, he succumbed to his injuries despite the efforts of bystanders and paramedics. 'Billy was only 15 years old and had his whole life ahead of him,' says Sgt. Freda Fong of IHIT in a release issued Tuesday afternoon. 'Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and classmates. As the community mourns the loss of Billy, his family asks that all come together to remember and celebrate his life. They are encouraging the community to seek peace, not revenge.' The two youths previously arrested by police near the scene have since been cleared of their involvement and released to their parents, IHIT said in the update. While the investigation is still in its beginning stages, police said early indications suggest the incident was not a random attack. 'We believe there are individuals who know what happened to Billy and we are asking them to do the right thing by contacting IHIT,' said Fong. Anyone who was around Larch Park between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday, or who may have relevant dash-cam video is asked to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or via email at ihitinfo@
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Homicide investigators identify 16-year-old fatally stabbed in Abbotsford park
The teenager killed in a stabbing at a park in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday has been identified as 16-year-old Billy Ledoux. The 16-year-old was found by police suffering critical, life-threatening injuries after a stabbing incident at Larch Park in the 2600 block of Beck Road Sunday evening. According to authorities, he succumbed to his injuries despite the efforts of bystanders and paramedics. 'Billy was only 16 years old and had his whole life ahead of him,' says Sgt. Freda Fong of IHIT in a release issued Tuesday afternoon. 'Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and classmates. As the community mourns the loss of Billy, his family asks that all come together to remember and celebrate his life. They are encouraging the community to seek peace, not revenge.' The two youths previously arrested by police near the scene have since been cleared of their involvement and released to their parents, IHIT said in the update. While the investigation is still in its beginning stages, police said early indications suggest the incident was not a random attack. 'We believe there are individuals who know what happened to Billy and we are asking them to do the right thing by contacting IHIT,' said Fong. Anyone who was around Larch Park between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday, or who may have relevant dash-cam video is asked to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or via email at ihitinfo@
CTV News
26-05-2025
- CTV News
Teenage boy fatally stabbed inside Abbotsford park
Police respond to a stabbing in Larch Park on Sunday, May 25. A teenage boy is dead and a homicide investigation is now underway after a stabbing in Abbotsford Sunday night. The violence unfolded inside a park in a normally quiet neighbourhood. Abbotsford police were called to Larch Park after a report of a stabbing just after 7:30 p.m. 'Upon arrival, officers located a male youth suffering from critical, life-threatening injuries,' said Sgt. Paul Walker of the Abbotsford Police Department. Despite attempts by both bystanders and first responders to help him, he did not survive. Police say two youth suspects have been arrested nearby a short time later. 'Early indications suggest this incident to be targeted and not random,' said Walker. The Abbotsford Police Department's Major Crime Unit has launched an investigation and will be transitioning the case to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. 'We have three families that are grieving and going through unimaginable changes in their lives, both from the family of the deceased, as you can imagine, as well as the two families of the suspects that have been arrested today, these type of incidents have far reaching impacts in any community,' said Walker. Walker says it's too soon to determine what the motive may have been. 'Like always, when we have incidents involving youth, whether it's criminal, whether it's bullying…we are always working through those channels with the youth, through our officers that are involved in our youth every day, from our youth squad, like I mentioned, from our high-risk youth officers, from our officers involved in our different intervention programs,' said Walker. Walker was not able to say if or how the victims and suspects knew each other. 'There's a lot of questions that I'm sure the public would like answers to that we are working through to find answers to. We're very limited in cases like this, especially being a homicide investigation, but as well, where we have youth involved,' said Walker. He said he wasn't aware of which schools, if any, the teens were enrolled in. 'This is one of these unimaginable scenarios where these kids are going through now, they're going to know people, friends and family are going to know these kids. The word on the street is going to start traveling,' said Walker. He says the community has been deeply impacted. 'This was a nice Sunday evening. People were out in the community. People were walking on the sidewalks, using the park here behind me, and then all of a sudden, just after 7:30 p.m. numerous sirens, first responders showing up,' said Walker. Anyone who was near Larch Park between 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., or who may have dashcam footage from the area, is urged to contact the IHIT Infoline at 1-877- 551-4448. Larch Park and the stretch of Beck Road in front of it are expected to be closed for several hours Monday as the investigation continues.
CBC
26-05-2025
- CBC
Teen dies after reported stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C., park, police say
Police say a teenager has died after a reported stabbing at an Abbotsford, B.C., park Sunday night. The Abbotsford Police Department said officers responded to a report of a stabbing at Larch Park, located in the 2600 block of Beck Road, shortly after 7:30 p.m. PT. Officers found a male teen suffering from critical, life-threatening injuries, police said in a news release. He died despite efforts from bystanders and first responders to save his life, police said. Police said they arrested two suspects, also in their teens, and say early indications suggest the incident was targeted. Police have not released the ages of the people involved, only confirming that they're teenagers. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken over the investigation and is asking anyone who was near Larch Park between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday, or who has dashcam footage from the area, to contact them.
