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12-year-old shot in the head by teenage school shooter as she protected classmates during Tumbler Ridge massacre, family says
A 12-year-old caught in the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School has been left fighting for her life after being shot while trying to protect her classmates. Maya Gebala is listed as being in “critical condition” at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, after being airlifted to the facility following the shooting on Tuesday. A close relative, Krysta Hunt, revealed that Maya was struck by two bullets after trying to lock a library door to keep out the shooter, who has since been identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar. During her rampage, Van Rootselaar killed three female students, all aged 12, and two male students, aged 12 and 13. She also killed a 39-year-old educator, as well as a mother, 39, and an 11-year-old stepbrother. “[Maya] tried to lock the door of the library from the shooter to save the other kids, and then she tried to lock it and then ran and hid under a table and [got shot],” Hunt told Global News. Continued on Page 10...
Seattle to pay US $29m (Rs 260 cr) to family of Indian killed by police car
Abbotsford police chief pleads for extortion victims to come forward
The city of Seattle has reached a $29 million (Rs 260 crore) settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023. Jaahnavi Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin Dave, who was driving as fast as 119 kmph in a 40-kmph zone as he responded to a drug overdose call. He had his emergency lights on and had been using his siren at intersections. “Jaahnavi Kandula’s death was heartbreaking, and the city hopes this financial settlement brings some sense of closure to the Kandula family,” City Attorney Erika Evans said in a statement on Wednesday. “Jaahnavi Kandula’s life mattered. It mattered to her family, her friends and to our community.” Kandula had been working towards a master’s degree in information systems at the Seattle campus of Northeastern University.
Abbotsford's police chief is urging residents who've been targeted with extortion to come forward. He also says that recent criticism of police responses to extortion show an "incomplete understanding" of what's happening. At a press conference Tuesday, Chief Const. Colin Watson said he's heard from community members who know people that have not reported the incidents to police. "Abbotsford Police Department wants to hear from you," he said. Watson said he understands that receiving an extortion threat can be "overwhelming," and said the department is working to build trust with community members so that more people feel comfortable reporting to police. Continued on Page 10...
Founder of Punjabi Devils Motorcycle Club Stockton pleads guilty to unlawfully dealing in firearms Jashanpreet Singh, 27, of Lodi, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully dealing firearms and unlawfully possessing a machine gun, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, Singh was the founder of the “Punjabi Devils” Motorcycle Club, a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle
gang associated with the Hells Angels. On June 6, 2025, Singh attempted to sell several weapons to an undercover officer, including a short-barreled rifle, three assault weapons, three machine gun conversion devices, and a revolver. A search of Singh’s residence resulted in the discovery of additional firearms, including a machine gun, another machine gun conversion device, and a silencer. Officers also discovered a single “pineapple”style capped and fused hand grenade, as well as what law enforcement believed was a military electronic capped “claymore” mine. Continued on Page 7...
PM Modi and other World leaders react to ‘senseless’ Tumbler Ridge shooting
Political leaders from around the world are expressing their condolences following the mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left eight people dead, as well as the shooter, and 27 injured. Continued on Page 7...
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