Halifax mall plotters admired Columbine killers, court document reveals
HALIFAX — They started sending online messages to each other on Dec. 21, 2014, an innocuous online chat about coffee and creative writing.
But the conversation between Lindsay Souvannarath and James Gamble quickly devolved into a shared admiration for the Columbine killers, mass shootings and a murderous conspiracy to go on a Valentine’s Day shooting rampage at a Halifax mall in 2015.
The Facebook messages, shared over seven weeks, were entered into evidence Monday at the sentencing hearing for Souvannarath, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder last April.
The Crown is recommending a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, while the defence says the sentence should be 12 to 14 years, with credit for time served.