‘Hero’ B.C. mom killed saving son in Texas shooting spree

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shooting spree in Texas last week.Sabrina Rahman, 24, was one of six people allegedly fatally shot by Shane James in a bloody rampage through Austin on Dec. 5.“It was right in front of my house.

She saw one of our tradesmen get gunned down in a car, she turned around, ran with our baby in the stroller, went to the neighbouring house, hid my son in a stroller behind a couple of patio chairs, kind of just barricaded him in so he wasn’t visible,” Rahman’s widower Ishraq Islam told Global News.“As she turned around the gunman was pretty close to her and shot her in the head and she collapsed. Luckily he didn’t see the baby, and he continued off.”Islam and Rahman had moved to Austin just over a year ago to work for his family’s real estate and development company.They had only lived in the house where she was killed for a day before the horrific shooting.“It was a mass shooting.

He killed his parents in the morning, I think he shot a police officer, he killed a mother and a daughter, he ended up killing my wife, he killed one of my tradesmen, Emanuel, who also has three children and a wife he is leaving behind. I don’t really get it,” Islam said.“It just doesn’t make sense.”The couple’s former neighbours in Surrey have since launched a GoFundMe campaign, to support the grieving family of a woman Islam described as “unselfish, very caring” and someone who “just wanted everyone to be happy.”In the week since the shooting it has raised more than $33,000“In the face of this tragedy, we come together as a community to extend our love, support, and financial assistance to Ishraq and their son during this incredibly challenging time,” the fundraiser states.“The funds raised will help alleviate the financial burdens that accompany