Gakhal Saran Families Memorial - Vernon, BC
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N 50° 15.939 W 119° 16.294
11U E 338109 N 5570636
This memorial, in remembrance of the nine victims of a lone shooter, stands in the plaza just outside the Vernon Museum
Waymark Code: WMNEED
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/27/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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On April 5, 1996 the estranged husband of Rajwar Gakhal entered the residence of the Gakhal family in Vernon, BC and methodically gunned down eleven members of the Gakhal and Saran families, nine of whom died of their wounds while two, a six year old girl and a sixty year old woman, were to recover from their wounds.

This was the second worst mass murder in Canadian History, second only to the murder of fourteen female engineering students at a Montreal university, by a gunman who then killed himself. The shooter, Marc Chahal of Vancouver, also later killed himself.

The full story can be found at Murderpedia

This concrete memorial honoring the nine victims was erected by their families and the citizens of Vernon. It contains bronze plaques bearing the name and a short biography of each of the victims.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE

GAKHAL AND SARAN
FAMILIES
WHO DIED APRIL 5, 1996


MEMBERS OF THE GAKHAL FAMILY
KARNAIL SINGH
DARSHAN KAUR
RAJWAR KAUR
BALWINDER KAUR
KALVINDER KAUR
HARVINDER KAUR
JASPAL SINGH
AGE 53
AGE 52
AGE 28
AGE 26
AGE 19
AGE 17
AGE 14


MEMBERS OF THE SARAN FAMILY
BALJIT (ROGER) SINGH
JASBIR KAUR
AGE 33
AGE 31


DEDICATED BY THE GAKHAL
& DHALIWAL FAMILIES
& THE CITIZENS OF VERNON,
COMMITTED TO ENDING FAMILY
VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]

Location: Vernon Museum Plaza

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