Police have identified a witness who came to the aid of a teenager who was killed after a stabbing outside the Halifax Shopping Centre in April.
Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, 16, was injured in the parking garage of the shopping centre on Mumford Road on April 22. He later died in hospital.
Four youths ranging in age from 14 to 16 are charged with second-degree murder.
Halifax Regional Police said Tuesday that investigators learned about the witness as part of the investigation into Al Marrach’s death.
“On that day, a driver of a motorcycle was witness to some of the incident and provided aid to the victim,” police wrote in a news release.
They noted investigators have “taken all steps” but had been unable to identify the driver. A few hours after putting out the release, they provided an update to say the witness had been identified.
Al Marrach was one of seven children in his family, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 2016 as refugees from Syria.
In an April interview with Global News, his parents described him as peaceful, kind-hearted and compassionate.