ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Homicide investigators have released a picture of the 21-year-old Alberta drifter charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault following a deadly stabbing at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C.
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound says the photo shows Gabriel Klein just hours before the attack at Abbotsford Senior Secondary school, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver.
Pound says in a news release that the photo was captured through closed circuit television, but she did not reveal the location where the picture was taken.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is asking that anyone that knows Klein or has information about him to contact authorities.
IHIT says Klein has no connection to the school or the Fraser Valley community whatsoever. The young man is from Alberta, considered a drifter, and could have recently spent time in homeless shelters in the Vancouver area.
Friends have identified 13-year-old Letisha Reimer as the teen killed in the attack in the school's atrium.
Reimer's 14-year-old friend, whose name has been banned from publication, remains in hospital with serious stab wounds.
Abbotsford residents and friends of the two teenagers attended a prayer service Wednesday night and a memorial of flowers and candles is growing outside the high school, which will remain closed until Monday.
