A vigil was being held on Sunday evening for a Calgary man who was stabbed to dying on the Marlborough Ctrain station final weekend.
Tristan Anderson is being remembered as a caring son, brother and pal.
“Tristan was keen to assist anyone and everyone,” Tristan’s mom Heather mentioned.
“Regardless of your circumstance, even when he had nothing, he’d be keen to learn how that can assist you.”
The 28-year-old was taking the prepare residence to fulfill his mom final Saturday when he was stabbed at Marlborough Station.
Officers discovered Tristan affected by critical accidents. He was rushed to hospital the place he later died.
“The final phrases I truly mentioned (to him) had been the evening earlier than when Tristan was at my home, and it was 8:30, virtually 9 p.m. and he goes, ‘Yeah Ma, I gotta go catch the LRT.’ I mentioned ‘Be protected.’ He goes, ‘Ma, don’t fear, I’m fantastic.’’ After which impulsively the following day, this occurs,” Heather mentioned.
Police imagine the assault was focused.
Six individuals had been taken into custody in relation to the incident.
All had been launched, besides 19-year-old Theran Keurin Rodrick Dixon, who’s charged with second-degree homicide.
Tristan’s family members held a vigil on the Marlborough Station platform, simply over every week after he was killed, to name for elevated transit safety.
“It shouldn’t must take it being my son for society to step up and do one thing. That is ridiculous that folks must go there and never be protected to get on a prepare,” Heather mentioned.
“I’m a full believer we have to go to what Europe’s doing and there needs to be metallic detectors in all places, each LRT you get on, you undergo a metallic detector, you may’t take a weapon.”
Kelly Sundberg, a criminologist and affiliate professor at Mount Royal College, acknowledges efforts by the province, metropolis and police to make transit safer, however says extra must be carried out to deal with the foundation causes and forestall the problems from transferring to different elements of town.
“After we consider this younger man who misplaced his life, that is the unlucky consequence once we as a neighborhood don’t spend money on making certain public security and safety, addressing psychological well being and habit, addressing both avenue gang or extra organized crime actions in our cities,” he mentioned.
Tristian’s mom says she is going to proceed to talk out till she sees a change.
“I’m not going to cease as a result of it’s not simply my son, it’s everyone now,” Heather mentioned.
Anybody with info on Tristan’s dying is requested to name police at 403-266-1234.
Nameless info may be given to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, on-line or by downloading the P3 Ideas app.