One of Colorado shooting victims narrowly missed Eaton Centre shooting
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A young American woman who narrowly missed a deadly shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre last month was among the victims of a deadly shooting at a Colorado movie theatre on Friday.
Ghawi, who visited Toronto last month, had written on her blog on June 5 that she was eating inside of the Eaton Centre food court when an "odd feeling" made her walk out of the shopping mall just minutes before shots rang out.
"It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around how a weird feeling saved me from being in the middle of a deadly shooting," she wrote.
"'What started off as a trip to the mall to get sushi and shop, ended up as a day that has forever changed my life."
Ghawi, who had moved from San Antonio to Denver to pursue her dream of becoming a TV sportscaster, also described in her blog how the Toronto shooting made think about life and mortality.
"I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday," she said. "I saw the terror on bystanders’ faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath."
Local media reported that Ghawi, who also goes by the name Jessica Redfield, was at the theatre watching the movie with long-time friend Brent Lowak, who was shot once and is undergoing surgery.
Ghawi's family confirmed to local media that Jessica had been fatally wounded in the shooting, while her brother Jordan twitted "this could easily be the worst night of my life."