Grand Jury Indicts Tumbler Ridge Co-Conspirator

SEATTLE - A grand jury in Washington state has indicted an alleged co-conspirator in British Columbia's Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.

The indictment of 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country means there is probable cause for prosecutors to pursue the case. Bryant, whose lawyers say he uses she/her pronouns and goes by the fake name Melody, was denied bail a day ahead of the indictment. A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice says the indictment "details several overt acts that Bryant took to further the school shooting conspiracy".

Eight victims were shot dead in Tumbler Ridge by 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar in February, including five students and a teacher at a secondary school.

Bryant's indictment says he allegedly agreed to record the shooting and broadcast it over the internet, offered the shooter advice on where to attack and what weapons to use, and sent Van Rootselaar money to buy a lighter for use in an improvised explosive device.
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