Family of 12-Year-Old Tumbler Ridge Shooting Victim Sues OpenAI

Family of 12-Year-Old Tumbler Ridge Shooting Victim Sues OpenAI
Police tape near the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and surrounding buildings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Feb. 11, 2026. Jesse Boily /The Canadian Press via AP
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A family in Tumbler Ridge is suing a U.S. artificial intelligence firm after the Feb. 10 mass shooting in the small B.C. community left their 12-year-old daughter fighting for her life at BC Children’s Hospital.

Cia Edmonds, the mother of critically injured Grade 7 student Maya Gebala, is suing OpenAI, alleging the tech company was “aware of the shooter’s violent intentions,” but failed to alert authorities, according to the lawsuit filed March 9 in B.C. Supreme Court.