Second man charged with manslaughter in Gabriel Neil’s death remains at large: Police – London | The Canadian News

More than two and a half months after a 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a Western University freshman, a second suspect facing the same charge in the case remains at large, the agency said. police on Thursday.

Haroun Raselma, 19, has been the subject of an arrest warrant for involuntary manslaughter across Canada since September 17, issued in connection with the assault and subsequent death of Gabriel Neil, 18, less than a week earlier.

Police say Neil, a first-year health sciences student, was seriously injured after being assaulted around 2 a.m. on September 11 near Sarnia and Western Road, right off the campus of the University. Neil was taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

A 21-year-old man, Aliyan Ahmed, was arrested on the day of the assault and charged with murder. He was later released on a $ 10,000 bond with strict conditions during a court hearing on September 16. Ahmed is scheduled to appear in court on December 13. Western University confirmed that Ahmed was not a student.

In an update Thursday, police stated that they have so far been unable to locate Raselma in connection with the case, adding that the 19-year-old is known to have ties to the London and Montreal areas.

“We implore you to contact an attorney and turn yourself in to the police,” Det said. Sergeant. Sean Travis, the officer in charge of the London Police Major Crimes Section, said in a statement.

The police issued a photograph of Raselma in their request for information along with a description of the 19-year-old, which can be found at the London Police Service. website.

Anyone with information should contact London Police at 519-661-5670, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Details remain limited on what happened the morning of the incident. Police have declined to elaborate as the matter is before the courts.

In a statement issued shortly after his death, Neil’s family described the 18-year-old as a “gentle and kind soul who made friends wherever he went.”

“He was excited to begin his first year of kinesiology at Western and had aspirations to one day become a physician,” the statement read.

Police emphasized that Neil’s death, the city’s 10th homicide in 2021, was in no way related to accusations of mass drug abuse and sexual assault on the Western campus that were reported the same weekend.