Boy, 13, arrested after woman fatally stabbed was known to police, Pickering mayor says

Rochelle Raveendran · CBC News

· Posted: May 30, 2025 8:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

A 13-year-old lad who was arrested aft an aged pistillate was fatally stabbed successful Pickering connected Thursday was known to police, the city's politician said. 

Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe said the boy was besides "very recognizable successful regards to his outfit," successful an interrogation with CBC Radio's Metro Morning connected Friday. 

"I deliberation determination was an consciousness successful reasonably abbreviated bid of who the alleged assailant was," Ashe said. 

Before the boy was arrested, constabulary had said they were looking for a antheral fishy wearing a agelong achromatic trench overgarment that reached his ankles. 

Police person said the lad was arrested without incidental connected Thursday night. Ashe said the lad was arrested astatine his home. 

"The randomness of this act, the senseless unit that occurred connected our usually harmless metropolis streets is precise troublesome," Ashe said. 

The incidental happened astir 3 p.m. erstwhile the pistillate was approached by a antheral she did not cognize extracurricular her location connected Lynn Heights Drive, constabulary person said. 

Durham constabulary Chief Peter Moreira said the fishy stabbed the pistillate "in a sadistic and cowardly unprovoked onslaught that was captured connected video," speaking to reporters connected Thursday night. 

She died portion en way to a trauma centre successful Toronto, Ashe said. 

Ontario Provincial Police issued an exigency alert connected behalf of Durham constabulary astir 5:40 p.m., saying officers were investigating a homicide fishy connected Lynn Heights Drive and asking residents to structure successful place. 

Following the alert, the metropolis of Pickering unopen down each nationalist facilities, including assemblage centres and libraries.

Ashe said the closures happened "after an abundance of caution until determination was an apprehension made." 

"Thankfully that was done successful abbreviated order," helium said.

The alert lifted astir 9 p.m. erstwhile the lad was successful custody. Charges are pending, constabulary said Thursday. 

Ashe said helium spoke to the victim's neighbours connected Thursday, who described her arsenic a "very nice" pistillate who walked her dogs successful the neighbourhood and took attraction of her husband.

"It struck a chord successful our assemblage and it's evidently ripped a household apart," helium said.