Girl, 12, 'still can't speak' after teen used ChatGPT to plan horror school shooting

Girl, 12, 'still can't speak' after teen used ChatGPT to plan horror school shootingWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Maya Gebala was shot three times during the rampage in British Columbia and still cannot speak or see two months after the horror incidentNewsAllison Bloom and Paige Ingram00:42, 12 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesMaya Gebala, 12, is ‘fighting for her life’ after the Canadian school shooting(Image: GoFundMe)A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a school shooting in Canada remains unable to speak or see two months on from the horror incident.‌On February 10 the shooting claimed the lives of five innocent pupils and a teacher, leaving several others fighting for survival. The parents of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, aged 12, along with Bob Zimmer, a Member of the House of Commons of Canada, are working to pursue legal action against ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, as the perpetrator had been using the platform to assist in planning the shooting, and the service failed to notify the authorities.‌Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, murdered their mother and half-brother before opening fire at the secondary school in a remote north-eastern corner of British Columbia. Van Rootselaar subsequently took their own life. It proved to be one of the deadliest shootings in Canadian history.‌View 3 ImagesMaya's mother Cia Edmonds shared this photo from hospital as she prayed for a miracle after doctors told her the little girl wouldn't last the night (Image: Facebook)READ MORE: Parents' heartbreaking tribute to brave teen who died after leukaemia battleREAD MORE: 'I shut my eyes as dogs mauled me, I was scared they'd go for my throat'Gebala, who remains hospitalised more than two months on, was shot three times — one bullet passing through her head above her left eye, another entering her neck, and a third grazing her cheek and part of her ear, according to the lawsuit. She is suffering from catastrophic traumatic brain injury, per...