Sixteen-year-old Gabriel Magalhaes was heading home after spending time at the Eaton Centre with friends on Saturday when he was fatally stabbed at a subway station in what Toronto police have said was an “unprovoked” attack.
In an emotional interview with Global News on Monday, Gabriel’s mother Andrea Magalhaes and father Antonio Magalhaes spoke about who their son was and what they hope to see to prevent more violent attacks. “My beautiful Gabriel.
He was a little angel. He was funny,” Andrea said. “Very loving.” Andrea said she came to Toronto in 2000 from Brazil in search for a better life. “We left São Paulo — a very, very, very dangerous city.
Very violent,” she said. Read more: 16-year-old boy fatally stabbed in ‘unprovoked’ Toronto subway attack: police “We were looking for a better life, opportunities.