# Synagogue shooting suspect's online username alluded to killing Jews weeks before attack, friend says

https://mins.news/en/item/71553

- CBC News, 2026-09-24 01:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/synagogue-shooting-suspect-9.7355704?cmp=rss

> Sean Ward, who died after exchanging gunfire with police outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., was a former Armed Forces member who tried to use an antisemitic username while playing an online video game, according to a childhood friend and a CBC News visual investigation.

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