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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Martha Bellisle

Feds say woman coached teen on how to maximize Canada school massacre

Officials said James Cody Bryant of Bellingham, Washington, communicated with Jesse Van Rootselaar, shown here, in British Columbia for at least six months ahead of the shooting - (Royal Canadian Mounted Police/AF)

A Washington state woman has been accused of helping an 18-year-old plan one of Canada’s deadliest school shootings, including offering to livestream the massacre and advising her how to keep the plot secret.

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that James Cody Bryant, 30, of Bellingham, communicated with Jesse Van Rootselaar for at least six months before the February attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.

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