OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

<figure> <img alt="A photo of a memorial at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Canada" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Paige Taylor White / AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2261008686.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits that accuse them of providing "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the suspect in Canada's Tumbler Ridge school shooting, as reported <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/openai-faces-30-more-lawsuits-tied-to-tumbler-ridge-shooting/">earlier by <em>TechCrunch</em></a>. The new wave of lawsuits was <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28594890-rushlow-v-openai/">filed in a California federal court</a> on Wednesday by the students, teachers, and the principal in the school at the time of the shooting.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similar to the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920479/tumbler-ridge-chagpt-openai-lawsuit">lawsuits filed by Tumbler Ridge victims' families</a> in April, these lawsuits claim OpenAI failed to take action after its automated review system flagged conversations that the alleged shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, had with ChatGPT about gun vio …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988261/openai-tumbler-ridge-shooting-lawsuit-aiding-abetting">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>