She was shot 13 times, but survived the attack that killed her parents

WARNING: This story contains details of gun violence.

From the hospital room where she’s spent months now recovering after being shot 13 times and nearly dying, Jaspreet Kaur Sidhu recalls the night her parents were killed.

On Nov. 20, 2023, Sidhu, 28, says a man broke into her family’s Caledon, Ont., rental home and started shooting. Her father was pronounced dead at the scene, while her mother died later in hospital.

“My father was shot in front of me. I heard my mother’s last screams. After that there was complete silence. Only the noises of gunshots,” Sidhu told CBC Toronto in an interview from