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Ryan Grantham Killed His Mother and Set Out Toward the Prime Minister's Home With Guns and Molotovs

The former TV actor is serving a life sentence with a 14-year wait for parole.

Overview

  • Police say the 21-year-old shot his mother, Barbara Waite, in the back of the head as she played the piano at their home in Squamish, British Columbia.
  • He filmed the aftermath on a GoPro and later walked into a Vancouver police station, telling an officer, "I killed my mother."
  • Investigators found his car loaded with three firearms, ammunition, 12 Molotov cocktails and a printed map to Justin Trudeau's residence.
  • He told authorities he intended to assassinate the prime minister and had considered other targets before turning back near Hope and surrendering.
  • At sentencing, psychiatric reports said he killed to prevent her witnessing planned violence, while prosecutors called the murder a premeditated and selfish breach of trust.