US EditionOpenAI Flagged and Banned Canadian Shooter's ChatGPT Account Months Before Attack
OpenAI banned Jesse Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account in June 2025 for misuse but did not alert police due to policy requiring imminent risk; Van Rootselaar killed eight in 2026, RCMP said.
- About eight months ago, OpenAI identified and banned Jesse Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account in June 2025 for violating its usage policy via abuse-detection tools.
- The Wall Street Journal reported roughly a dozen OpenAI staffers debated alerting police after flagged gun violence scenarios, but OpenAI said its referral threshold requires an imminent and credible risk.
- On Feb. 10, Van Rootselaar shot dead her mother and half-brother at home before killing five students, a teacher’s aide, and herself at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, with authorities reviewing social media content.
- OpenAI said it proactively provided information to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after the attack and the RCMP confirmed digital and physical evidence is being collected for the ongoing police investigation.
- Observers say the case has intensified scrutiny of how AI firms detect risky behaviour and prompted referral criteria and policy reviews, while investigators examine Roblox and gore‑dedicated websites linked to the suspect.
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OpenAI discovered evidence of possible acts of violence in a Canadian user, but did not report it to the police. Months later, she killed eight people during the rampage in Tumbler Ridge.
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OpenAI said that for a user’s submissions to trigger a law enforcement referral, they must indicate “an imminent and credible risk of serious physical harm to others.”
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