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Who are Matthew de Grood and the five Calgary stabbing victims?

We are learning more about Matthew de Grood, the man charged with killing 5 students at a Calgary house party on Tuesday

One day after five university-aged Calgary residents were stabbed to death at an end-of-year house party, police appear no closer to understanding what may have led to an attack being called the “worst mass murder in Calgary’s history.”

A memorial was held on campus Tuesday evening, to mourn the five victims of the Brentwood stabbing. The University of Calgary community continues to mourn and residents of the city continue to ask questions about how and why something so tragic could happen.

Police say that at about 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday, a suspect arrived at a house party in Calgary’s northwest Brentwood neighbourhood and began targeting guests “one by one,” stabbing them several times. Five people were confirmed dead and a suspect was arrested a short time later.

As of Wednesday morning, Calgary police had only confirmed the identity of the suspect.

Matthew de Grood has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The University of Calgary has confirmed that de Grood graduated last year with a bachelor's degree with a major in psychology and a minor in law.

A Facebook page under de Grood's name suggested he had been accepted to study at the University of Calgary's law school beginning in 2014. The last post to that page, which has since been removed, read in part, "The world needs a hero."

Police Chief Rick Hanson said de Grood worked at a grocery store and was an invited guest to the house party, where he allegedly obtained a knife and began targeting some of the approximately 20 people in attendance.

The 22-year-old is the son of senior police Insp. Doug de Grood, a 33-year veteran of the force who, through police officials, expressed remorse to the families of the victims.

The names of the five victims have not been officially released by police, but a clearer picture has emerged in the wake of the Tuesday stabbing.

Two of the victims have been confirmed to be Zackariah Rathwell and Josh Hunter, two students who play in a local band called Zackariah and the Prophets. The other victims have been identified in local news reports as students Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras and Lawrence Hong.

Here is what we know about the victims.

Zackariah Rathwell

Rathwell was a singer and guitarist in Zackariah and the Prophets, a local alt-rock band which, according to local musicians, released its latest EP with a party last weekend.

Alberta College of Art and Design confirmed that Rathwell, 23, was a first-year student at the prestigious school.

"ACAD is deeply shocked and saddened to hear a member of our community died suddenly early this morning," ACAD president Daniel Doz said in a statement. "Zackariah Rathwell was an esteemed first-year student at ACAD. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends, our thoughts and prayers are with them. This is a very difficult time for us as one of our students has passed away tragically."

Josh Hunter

Hunter, 22, was a student at the University of Calgary and the drummer for Zackariah and the Prophets. Band members Barry Mason and Kyle Tenove released a statement on the band's Facebook page on the loss of their band mates.

"We didn't lose two band mates, we lost two brothers. Their shining shenanigans and shining light will always be with us," they wrote. "ZATP is done, because the band was all four of us. Without all four of us the band doesn't exist. We love you all. And we loved them more than anything in the world."

The Calgary Herald reports that Hunter, originally from Priddus, Alta., was attending the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business and had worked as a bellman and valet at the International Hotel Suites for two years.

Kaiti Perras

Perras, 23, was the lone female killed in the attack. She and the other victims were described by Calgary police Chief Rick Hanson as "good kids" who had never run afoul of the law.

Jordan Segura

Segura, 23, was a Religious Studies major at the University of Calgary. Cousins told the Calgary Sun that Segura previously worked at McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes and was preparing to return for a summer job.

“From the day he was born, he brought so much joy and happiness to those who were blessed enough to have him in their lives,” Melissa Segura told the newspaper.

Posts to Segura's Twitter account suggested the student was excited for Bermuda Shorts Day, the annual festival to mark the end of the University of Calgary's academic year – held the night of the attack.

Lawrence Hong

At 27, Hong was the oldest of the five stabbing victim. A LinkedIn profile under Hong's name says he was a student in the University of Calgary's Architecture and Planning department, worked in retail and was co-director of Calgary Creative City Collaboration, a not-for-profit group that supports local artists.

Calgary police say autopsies will be conducted on the five victims on Wednesday.

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