‘We Will Never Be the Same’: Oct. 7 Killing of Montreal Native Leaves Gaping Hole

Raquel Ohnona Look holds a photograph of her son Alexandre Look, in the park named after him in Montreal, on Oct. 1, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi

Raquel Ohnona Look wipes back tears when her eyes fall on the plaque in honour of her son Alexandre, affixed to a bench in a suburban Montreal green space that was recently renamed for him.

“Forever in our hearts. Our hero,” it reads above his name and the dates of his birth and death — Sept. 10, 1990, to Oct. 7, 2023.