'I pick up the phone, and then I remember'

Woman who survived 13 gunshot wounds seeks justice for slain parents

- CALVI LEON

“I’m learning to sit and stand now,” said Jaspreet Kaur Sidhu, who’s continuing her recovery months after being shot during a Nov. 20 attack in Caledon that claimed the lives of her parents. Police have not made any arrests, nor have they established any motive or connection between Jaspreet, her family and the gunmen.

Jaspreet Kaur Sidhu still has one bullet lodged in her back near her spine.

That one they can’t remove, the 28-year-old tells the Star from her hospital bed — the first time she’s speaking out since gunmen invaded her family’s Caledon home and killed her parents in an attack she still doesn’t understand.

They fired more than 30 bullets. Most hit her parents; 13 hit her and doctors have removed all but the one in her spine. “The risk is very big if they operate,” Jaspreet explained, resting in a position with her back nearly upright.

“I may get paralyzed or go into a coma any time.”

Months after the Nov. 20 attack, police have not made any arrests, nor have they established any motive or connection between Jaspreet, her family and the gunmen. Investigators have said only that they are probing “all aspects,” including whether it was a case of mistaken identity — a targeted attack meant for someone else.

The ordeal has left Jaspreet and her brother Gurdit Singh Sidhu with many unanswered questions — above all, who could want to kill their loving and devoted Sikh parents? 

In the meantime, she continues to defy expectations.