Ryan Grantham Sentenced: Last News

Ethan Shanfeld Ryan Grantham, a Canadian actor whose credits include “Riverdale,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Supernatural,” has been sentenced to life in prison with parole ineligibility of 14 years for the second-degree murder of his mother, CBC reports. In March 2020, the actor shot his mom, Barbara Waite, in the back of the head with a .22 rifle as she played piano in their home in Squamish, British Columbia. As shown in court, Grantham then took a GoPro video shortly after the murder, in which he confesses to killing his mother and shows her body. The following day, he covered the body with a sheet, surrounded it with lit candles and hung a rosary from the piano, before driving east to Ottawa in a car packed with guns, ammunition and Molotov cocktails. His intention was to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Instead, he drove to Hope, B.C., with thoughts of committing a mass shooting at Simon Fraser University — where he was enrolled — or on the Lions Gate Bridge. Ultimately he decided to turn himself in at the Vancouver Police Department building in East Vancouver.

 and in , has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother, according to multiple reports. Grantham was reportedly sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday.As ET previously reported, Grantham pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after shooting his 64-year-old mother, Barbara White, in the back of the head while she played piano in March 2020. New details surfaced during a hearing in June, where prosecutors claimed Grantham rehearsed killing his mother and then confessed to the ghastly act on video, which was shown in court.

Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life behind bars.