Vigil held to mourn death of Seneca College student shot at Toronto subway station
Global News
Kartik Vasudev was shot and killed at the Sherbourne subway station in Toronto. "He was the child every parent wants, the best child," his father said.
International students from Seneca College gathered in Nathan Phillips Square on Sunday to mourn the death of Kartik Vasudev, who was shot dead at Toronto’s Sherbourne subway station on Thursday.
“I hope each and everyone remembers him as a hardworking, ambitious and aspiring international student who was just going (to) his work,” Ritik Sharma, of the Seneca Student Federation, told Global News.
Sharma was one of many international students standing in front of Toronto City Hall. They held banners and conducted a vigil in honour of their deceased peer.
According to police, the shooting happened just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, outside of Sherbourne subway station.
Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Toronto police Insp. Richard Harris said before officers arrived on the scene, an off-duty paramedic delivered first aid to the victim.
Harris said Vasudev suffered “several gunshot wounds,” and was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced deceased.
“We are collapsed actually, we don’t know what to say,” Jitesh Vasudev, Kartik’s father, told Global News in a virtual interview. “He was the child every parent wants, the best child.”
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