‘Taken to soon’: Candlelight vigil and walk held in memory of West Island teen, Lucas Gaudet

Hundreds gathered in Pointe-Claire for a candlelight vigil and walk Thursday evening, on the one-month anniversary of Lucas Gaudet's death.

A few hundred people gathered in the parking lot of John Rennie High School in Pointe-Claire on Thursday evening as they set out on a two-kilometre walk to St. Thomas High School.

The walk was part of a candlelight vigil organized by two moms at John Rennie, in memory of West Island teenager Lucas Gaudet.

“This path was to basically retrace Lucas’s steps, his last steps,” said vigil organizer Lisa Philippe of the planned route.

Gaudet, a John Rennie student, died following an altercation outside St. Thomas High School on Feb. 8, 2022.

Police said the 16-year-old was stabbed during the incident. He died two days later in hospital.

Thursday marks the one-month anniversary of his passing.

“It was a real tragedy,” said Savy Lanzisera Nardozza, whose daughter was a classmate of Gaudet’s.

Lanzisera Nardozza and Philippe decided to organize the vigil to show their support not only to Gaudet’s family, but to his friends and classmates, too.