OpenAI Staff Flagged School Shooter's Threats, But Leadership Blocked Police Alert

Twelve OpenAI employees urged the company to notify police after identifying violent content from Jesse Van Rootselaar's account in June 2025, eight months before he killed nine people at a British Columbia school in February 2026. Leadership declined, citing its threshold of "imminent and credible risk." British Columbia now sues OpenAI for negligence, arguing the company's internal detection system worked but failed at escalation—a gap that could reshape AI liability law.